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摇动

yáo dòng

2-character word Traditional 搖動

What 摇动 means

1. to shake
2. to sway

The characters in 摇动

• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row
• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace

Example sentences

• 我感到房子在摇动。
  Wǒ gǎndào fángzi zài yáodòng.
  I felt the house shake.
• 使用前摇动一下瓶子。
  Shake the bottle before using.
• 你不觉得房子在摇动吗？
  Nǐ bù juéde fángzi zài yáodòng ma?
  Don't you feel the house shaking?
• 我们感觉到房子摇动了一下。
  Wǒmen gǎnjuédào fángzi yáodòng le yīxià.
  We felt the house shake a little.
• 从那时起，他的信仰开始摇动了。
  From the time he got up, his beliefs began to sway.

Sounds the same

Read yáo dòng, tone for tone, but written differently.

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