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颤抖

chàn dǒu

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

颤抖 (chàn dǒu) means "to shudder; to shiver; to shake". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 颤抖 means

1. to shudder
2. to shiver
3. to shake
4. to tremble

The characters in 颤抖

• 颤chànto tremble; to shiver; to shake
• 抖dǒuto tremble; to shake out; to reveal

Example sentences

• 他兴奋得颤抖了起来。
  Tā xīngfèn de chàndǒu le qǐlai.
  His body shivered with excitement.
• 她的声音因愤怒而颤抖。
  Tā de shēngyīn yīn fènnù ér chàndǒu.
  Her voice was quivering with anger.
• 恐怖的场面让了他颤抖。
  Kǒngbù de chǎngmiàn ràng le tā chàndǒu.
  The terrible scene sent shivers down his spine.
• 他边颤抖边说：「那座城堡有鬼。」
  "The castle is haunted," he said with a shiver.
• 即使您的声音颤抖，也要说出事实。
  Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes.

Words starting with 颤抖

• 颤抖不已chàn dǒu bù yǐto shake like a leaf (idiom)

Where 颤抖 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · chān–chǎn (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 chàn dǒu correctly.
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