HSK 6 · Body

哆嗦 duōsuo “to tremble” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 哆嗦 means

  1. to tremble
  2. to shiver

How to say 哆嗦

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale哆duō1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own嗦suoneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

哆嗦 in a sentence

  1. 外面太冷了，我冻得直哆嗦。

    Wàimiàn tài lěng le, wǒ dòng de zhí duōsuo.

    It was so cold outside that I couldn’t stop shivering.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她紧张得手都在哆嗦。

    Tā jǐnzhāng de shǒu dōu zài duōsuo.

    She was so nervous her hands were shaking.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 哆嗦 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 哆 (duō) with each of its parts in a different colour
哆duō
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 多much · duōSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 多 (duō) hints at the sound. Compare it with duō.

The character 嗦 (suō) with each of its parts in a different colour
嗦suōto sucklight in 哆嗦
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 索cable · suǒSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 索 (suǒ) hints at the sound. Compare it with suo.

How to write 哆嗦

哆 9 strokes · 嗦 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

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FAQs

哆嗦 (duōsuo) means “to tremble” or “to shiver”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it duōsuo: duō with a 1st tone, then suo with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 哆嗦 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type duosuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 哆嗦 from the suggestions. Typing duosuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
哆嗦 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.