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to sway / to waver / to rock / to rattle / to destabilize / to pose a challenge to
HSK 4
to shake one's head
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搖* | 搖* | *搖
to shake / to rock / to row / to crank
HSK 4
to shake (sb) awake
(idiom) to parade oneself ostentatiously about town
cradle (for a baby) / (fig.) cradle; birthplace (of a civilization, movement etc)
HSK 7-9
rock music / rock 'n roll
fin stabilizer (in ships) / anti-roll stabilizer
to sway gently (as in the wind); (of a flame) to flicker
to shake / to sway
swing (dance)
to change shape in a single shake / fig. to take on a new lease of life
hand-mixed drink (of the kind sold at a bubble tea shop)
lottery
the earth quaked, the mountains shook (idiom); a tremendous battle
rock 'n' roll (music) / to rock / to fall off
HSK 7-9
lullaby
to rock; to shake; to sway
HSK 7-9
hand organ / hurdy-gurdy
(idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority
tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom) / (of a situation) unstable
(literary) to shake with fear
indecisive / wavering
lit. the sky shakes and the ground revolves / momentous changes are underway (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搖* | 搖* | *搖
surname Yao
to strut / swaggering
to draw the winning ticket (in a lottery)
legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken / (fig.) source of easy money
unmoved
to rock back and forth / (fig.) to act ostentatiously / to brag / to show off
swaggering / staggering / waddling
lit. to shake one's body / refers to abrupt transformation / same as 搖身一變|摇身一变
to nod one's head and wag one's tail (idiom) / to be well pleased with oneself / to have a lighthearted air
lit. to behave like a dog wagging its tail, seeking its master's affection (idiom) / fig. to fawn on sb / to bow and scrape / to grovel
swaying gently / moving elegantly
rolling motion (of a boat)
to sway / to wobble / to waver
HSK 7-9
rocker arm
swing state (US politics)
to wave the hand (to say goodbye, or in a negative gesture) / crank handle
hand-cranked
rocking chair
(textiles) polar fleece
shoegaze (music genre)
hand crank
to skyrocket / to get quick promotion in one's career
kiddie ride
post-rock (music genre)
tottering / on the verge of collapse
HSK 7-9
floating in the wind / swaying / tottering / unstable
to shake / to rock
to wave flags and shout battle cries (idiom); to egg sb on / to give support to
(idiom) to sway from side to side; unsteady / (idiom) indecisive; hesitant
Alkaid; Eta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
(old) to make a phone call
tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom) / (of a situation) unstable
to mix by shaking
boat propelled by a yuloh (a single sculling oar)
Ecstasy / MDMA
post-rock (music genre)
swaying / tottering / unstable
to scull / to row a boat
joystick
to write for a living
swing (genre of jazz music)
to call people over; to rally people together
to scull (with a single oar, usually mounted on the stern of the boat)
pitching motion (of a boat)
dangling ornament worn by women


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