搖 yáo

wag, swing, wave; shake; scull

DEFINITIONS

  • wag, swing, wave
  • shake
  • scull
  • surname Yao
  • to shake
  • to rock
  • to row
  • to crank

WORDS

不動搖 bù dòng yáo unmoved
動搖 dòng yáo to sway; to waver; to rock; to rattle; to destabilize; to pose a challenge to
地動山搖 dì dòng shān yáo the earth quaked, the mountains shook (idiom); a tremendous battle
大搖大擺 dà yáo dà bǎi to strut; swaggering
天搖地轉 tiān yáo dì zhuǎn lit. the sky shakes and the ground revolves; momentous changes are underway (idiom)
後搖 hòu yáo post-rock (music genre)
後搖滾 hòu yáo gǔn post-rock (music genre)
手搖 shǒu yáo hand-cranked
手搖柄 shǒu yáo bǐng hand crank
手搖風琴 shǒu yáo fēng qín hand organ; hurdy-gurdy
手搖飲料 shǒu yáo yǐn liào hand-mixed drink (of the kind sold at a bubble tea shop)
扶搖直上 fú yáo zhí shàng to skyrocket; to get quick promotion in one's career
招搖 zhāo yáo to act ostentatiously; to brag; to show off
招搖過市 zhāo yáo guò shì to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)
搖光 yáo guāng eta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
搖動 yáo dòng to shake; to sway
搖勻 yáo yún to mix by shaking
搖戰 yáo zhàn (literary) to shake with fear
搖手 yáo shǒu to wave the hand (to say goodbye, or in a negative gesture); crank handle
搖搖擺擺 yáo yáo bǎi bǎi swaggering; staggering; waddling
搖搖欲墜 yáo yáo yù zhuì tottering; on the verge of collapse
搖撼 yáo hàn to shake; to rock
搖擺 yáo bǎi to sway; to wobble; to waver
搖擺不定 yáo bǎi bù dìng indecisive; wavering
搖擺州 yáo bǎi zhōu swing state (US politics)
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