搖
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yáo · to rock, to shake

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13Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 搖

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Example sentences

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Wǒ mén gǎn jué dào dì miàn zài yáo huàng.我們感覺到地面在搖晃。

We felt the ground trembling.

Source: Tatoeba #342433 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā yáo le yáo ér zǐ de jiān.他搖了搖兒子的肩。

He shook his son by the shoulder.

Source: Tatoeba #346688 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Shǐ yòng qián yáo dòng yí xià píngzi.使用前搖動一下瓶子。

Shake the bottle before using.

Source: Tatoeba #839103 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Dào le zuì hòu de yí kè, wǒ de jué xīn tū rán dòng yáo le.到了最後的一刻,我的決心突然動搖了。

My resolution dissolved at the last moment.

Source: Tatoeba #472596 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ gǎn dào fángzi zài yáo dòng.我感到房子在搖動。

I felt the house shake.

Source: Tatoeba #1452247 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ bù jué dé fángzi zài yáo dòng má?你不覺得房子在搖動嗎?

Don't you feel the house shaking?

Source: Tatoeba #433681 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 搖 in context

  1. Say yáo, then recall the core meaning: to rock, to shake.
  2. Write all 13 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 搖 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.