HSK 6 · Verbs

颤抖 chàndǒu “to tremble” in Chinese

Traditional 顫抖

What 颤抖 means

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

How to say 颤抖

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale颤chàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale抖dǒu3rd tone, dipping

颤抖 in a sentence

  1. 她的声音因愤怒而颤抖。

    Tā de shēngyīn yīn fènnù ér chàndǒu.

    Her voice was trembling with anger.

    Sentence #8877847 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他兴奋得颤抖了起来。

    Tā xīngfèn de chàndǒu le qǐlai.

    He was trembling with excitement.

    Sentence #984923 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 即使您的声音颤抖，也要说出事实。

    Jíshǐ nín de shēngyīn chàndǒu, yě yào shuōchū shìshí.

    Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes.

    Sentence #791353 from Tatoeba

How 颤抖 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 颤 (chàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
颤chànto tremble
  • 亶real · dǎnSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 亶 (dǎn) hints at the sound. Compare it with chàn.

The character 抖 (dǒu) with each of its parts in a different colour
抖dǒuto tremble
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 斗dipper · dǒuSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 斗 (dǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with dǒu.

How to write 颤抖

颤 19 strokes · 抖 7 strokes

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颤抖 (chàndǒu) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 颤抖 (chàndǒu). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 颤抖

Words with 抖

发抖fādǒu · to tremble

More words: Common Verbs

残留cánliú · to remain操练cāoliàn · to drill操纵cāozòng · to control搀chān · to support by the arm敞开chǎngkāi · to open wide尝试chángshì · to try缠绕chánrào · to wind around超越chāoyuè · to surpass

FAQs

颤抖 (chàndǒu) means “to tremble” or “to shiver”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chàndǒu: chàn with a 4th tone, then dǒu with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 颤抖 is written 顫抖. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chandou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 颤抖 from the suggestions. Typing chandou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
颤抖 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.