摇 (搖) yáo
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yáo
verb
to shake; to wag; to swing; to wave
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '搖'; Guoyu '搖' v; Kroll 2015 '搖' 1, p. 535; Unihan '搖'; XHZD '搖', p. 875) -
yáo
verb
to falter; to waver
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '搖' 1b, p. 535; XHZD '搖', p. 875) -
yáo
verb
to agitate; to stir
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '搖' 2, p. 535) -
yáo
verb
to lift; to cast
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '搖' 3, p. 535) -
yáo
proper noun
Yao
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '搖' n) -
yáo
verb
scull
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Unihan '搖')
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- 天摇地动(天搖地動) earth shattering
- 摇电话(搖電話) to make a phone call
- 纵摇(縱搖) pitching motion (of a boat)
- 后摇(後搖) post-rock
- 摇头(搖頭) to shake one's head
- 摇头摆尾(搖頭擺尾) to nod one's head and wag one's tail; to be well pleased with oneself; to have a lighthearted air
- 摇光(搖光) eta Ursae Majoris
- 摇滚乐(搖滾樂) rock music; rock 'n roll
- 摇手(搖手) to wave the hand (to say goodbye, or in a negative gesture); crank handle
- 摇尾乞怜(搖尾乞憐) to wag the tail and beg for pity
- 手摇柄(手搖柄) hand crank
- 摇身一变(搖身一變) to change shape in a single shake; to take on a new lease of life
- 横摇(橫搖) rolling motion (of a boat)
- 摇战(搖戰) to shake with fear
- 摇曳(搖曳) to sway gently (as in the wind); (of a flame) to flicker
- 摇匀(搖勻) to mix by shaking
- 招摇撞骗(招搖撞騙) to brag and swindle
- 摇杆(搖桿) joystick
- 招摇(招搖) to act ostentatiously; to brag; to show off ; to shake; to sway ; Zhaoyao
- 摇奖(搖獎) to draw the winning ticket (in a lottery)
- 漂摇(漂搖) swaying; tottering; unstable
- 摇撼(搖撼) to shake; to rock
- 摇晃(搖晃) to rock; to shake; to sway
- 风雨漂摇(風雨漂搖) tossed about by the wind and rain; (of a situation) unstable
- 手摇饮料(手搖飲料) hand-mixed drink (of the kind sold at a bubble tea shop)
- 瞪鞋摇滚(瞪鞋搖滾) shoegaze (music genre)
- 摇旗呐喊(搖旗吶喊) to wave flags and shout battle cries; to egg somebody on; to give support to
- 摇船(搖船) to scull; to row a boat
- 地动山摇(地動山搖) the earth quaked, the mountains shook; a tremendous battle
- 摇滚(搖滾) rock 'n' roll ; to rock; to fall off
- 减摇鳍(減搖鰭) fin stabilizer (in ships); anti-roll stabilizer
- 摇篮曲(搖籃曲) lullaby
- 摇橹船(搖櫓船) boat propelled by a yuloh (a single sculling oar)
- 摇橹(搖櫓) to scull
- 飘摇(飄搖) floating in the wind; swaying; tottering; unstable
- 摇摆州(搖擺州) swing state (US politics)
- 震摇(震搖) to shake
- 摇摆舞(搖擺舞) swing
- 摇头丸(搖頭丸) Ecstasy; MDMA
- 风雨飘摇(風雨飄搖) tossed about by the wind and rain; (of a situation) unstable
- 招摇过市(招搖過市) to swagger through town
- 摇号(搖號) lottery
- 摇椅(搖椅) rocking chair
- 摇摇欲坠(搖搖欲墜) tottering; on the verge of collapse
- 摇篮(搖籃) a cradle
- 摇钱树(搖錢樹) money tree
- 不动摇(不動搖) unmoved
- 摇摆(搖擺) to waver; to sway; to vacillate ; to walk around
- 动摇(動搖) to shake; to waver; to be indecisive
- 摇摇摆摆(搖搖擺擺) swaggering; staggering; waddling
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Truncated for common words
- 第三十七回 Chapter 37 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 15
- 卷二十九 Scroll 29 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 11
- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 10
- 第七十一回 Chapter 71 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 10
- 卷七十三 列傳第六十一: 梁士彥 元諧 虞慶則 元冑 達奚長儒 賀婁子幹 史萬歲 劉方 杜彥 周搖 獨孤楷 乞伏慧 張威 和洪 陰壽 楊義臣 Volume 73 Biographies 61: Liang Shiyan, Yuan Xie, Yu Qingze, Yuan Zhou, Daxi Zhangru, Helou Zigan, Shi Wansui, Liu Fang, Du Yan, Zhou Yao, Du Gukai, Qi Fuhui, Zhang Wei, He Hong, Yin Shou, Yang Yichen History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 10
- 第二回 Chapter 63 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 9
- 第四十一回 Chapter 41 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 9
- 第六十一回 Chapter 61 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 9
- 第三十四回 Chapter 34 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 8
- 卷二十七 Scroll 27 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
Collocations
- 消摇 (消搖) 消搖於門 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 12
- 摇摇 (搖搖) 中心搖搖 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧王‧黍離 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Shu Li — count: 8
- 君摇 (君搖) 至閩君搖 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《越王句踐世家》 House of King Goujian of Yue — count: 5
- 摇木 (搖木) 說在搖木之本與引網之綱 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說右下第三十五 Chapter 35: A Collection of Sayings VI — count: 5
- 摇荡 (搖盪) 搖盪精神 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷八 本經訓 Chapter 8: Base Warp — count: 3
- 扶摇 (扶搖) 扶搖抮抱羊角而上 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一 原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 3
- 摇率 (搖率) 搖率越歸鄱陽令吳芮 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《東越列傳》 Treatise on the Eastern Yue — count: 3
- 立摇 (立搖) 乃立搖為東海王 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《東越列傳》 Treatise on the Eastern Yue — count: 3
- 摇足 (搖足) 搖足則關以西非陛下有也 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《蕭相國世家》 House of Chancellor Xiao — count: 3
- 摇元年 (搖元年) 戴侯莫搖元年 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu — count: 2