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摇晃

yáo huàng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 搖晃

摇晃 (yáo huàng) means "to rock; to shake; to sway". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 摇晃 means

1. to rock; to shake; to sway

The characters in 摇晃

• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row
• 晃huàngto sway; to shake; to wander about

Example sentences

• 建筑物在地震中摇晃。
  Jiànzhùwù zài dìzhèn zhōng yáohuàng.
  The buildings shook in the earthquake.
• 我们感觉到地面在摇晃。
  We felt the ground trembling.
• 新生的长颈鹿摇晃着腿跌跌撞撞地走。
  The newborn giraffe stumbled around on rickety legs.
• 新生的长颈鹿用摇晃的腿跌跌撞撞地走。
  Xīnshēng de chángjǐnglù yòng yáohuàng de tuǐ diēdie-zhuàngzhuàng de zǒu.
  The newborn giraffe stumbled around on rickety legs.
• 当飞机穿越强风时，它们会像这样摇晃，但是别担心。
  Dāng fēijī chuānyuè qiángfēng shí, tāmen huì xiàng zhèyàng yáohuàng, dànshì bié dānxīn.
  Passing through the strong wind, the planes rock like this, but don't worry.

Where 摇晃 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yàng–yáo (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yáo huàng correctly.
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