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晃

huàng

HSK 6 Character

What 晃 means

1. to sway
2. to shake
3. to wander about

Other readings

晃 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• huǎngto dazzle; to flash past
• huǎngvariant of {晃|huǎng}

Example sentences

• 他上下晃了晃头。
  Tā shàngxià huàng le huàng tóu.
  He shook his head up and down.
• 桌子为什么这么晃？
  Zhuōzi wèishénme zhème huǎng?
  Why is the table so wobbly?
• 桌子为什幺这幺晃？
  Why is the table so wobbly?
• 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.
• 父母把他们的婴儿取名为晃。
  Fùmǔ bǎ tāmen de yīng'ér qǔmíng wèi huǎng.
  The parents named their baby Akira.

Words starting with 晃

• 晃动huàng dòngto shake; to sway; to rock
• 晃荡huàng dangto rock; to sway; to shake
• 晃悠huàng youto swing; to sway; to wobble
• 晃晃悠悠huàng huang yōu yōuswaying; wobbling

Words containing 晃

• 摇晃yáo huàngto rock; to shake; to sway
• 一晃yī huǎng(of passing time) in an instant; (of a sight) in a flash
• 明晃晃míng huǎng huǎngshining; bright
• 摆晃bǎi huàngto swing; to sway
• 瞎晃xiā huàngto roam about; to monkey around
• 闲晃xián huàngto hang around; to hang out
• 银晃晃yín huǎng huǎngsilver glitter
• 新晃侗族自治县Xīn huǎng Dòng zú Zì zhì xiànXinhuang Dong Autonomous County, in Huaihua City 怀化市
• 一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng danglit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)…
• 新晃Xīn huǎngsee 新晃侗族自治县
• 新晃县Xīn huǎng Xiànsee 新晃侗族自治县

Characters built on 光

These share the phonetic component 光 (guāng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 胱guāngused in 膀胱
• 恍huǎng(bound form) in a hazy state of mind; (bound form) to snap out of that state; used in 恍如
• 桄guāngused in 桄榔
• 咣guāng(onomatopoeia) bang; door banging shut

Characters that look like 晃

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 莫mòdo not; there is none who
• 毫háohair; drawing brush; (in the) least
• 巢cháonest
• 冕miǎncrown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations; imperial crown
• 茱zhūused in 茱萸
• 栗lì(literary) cold; chilly; (bound form) to tremble with fear

Sounds the same

Read huàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 㿠(literary) (of the face) pale due to qi and blood deficiency