HSK 5 · Verbs

发抖 fādǒu “to tremble” in Chinese

Traditional 發抖

What 发抖 means

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

How to say 发抖

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale发fā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale抖dǒu3rd tone, dipping

发抖 in a sentence

  1. 你还在发抖。

    Nǐ hái zài fādǒu.

    You’re still shaking.

    Sentence #9415381 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我的身体被冻得瑟瑟发抖。

    Wǒ de shēntǐ bèi dòng de sèsè fādǒu.

    I’m shivering with cold.

    Sentence #8800808 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 只跑了一点点，膝盖就开始发抖。

    Zhǐ pǎo le yìdiǎndiǎn, xīgài jiù kāishǐ fādǒu.

    I only ran a little way and my knees started shaking.

    Sentence #2857857 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 发抖 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 发 (fā) drawn as one shape
发fāto send out

发 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

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 发抖

发 5 strokes · 抖 7 strokes

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

Words related to 发抖

Words with 发

发fā · send out发烧fāshāo · have a fever头发tóufa · hair on the head发现fāxiàn · discover发生fāshēng · to happen发展fāzhǎn · development理发lǐfà · to get a haircut出发chūfā · to set off沙发shāfā · sofa发言fāyán · to make a speech

Words with 抖

颤抖chàndǒu · to tremble

More words: Common Verbs

对比duìbǐ · to contrast对待duìdài · to treat蹲dūn · to crouch躲藏duǒcáng · to conceal oneself发挥fāhuī · to bring into play发明fāmíng · to invent翻fān · to turn over反应fǎnyìng · to react

FAQs

发抖 (fādǒu) means “to tremble” or “to shake”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it fādǒu: fā with a 1st 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, 发抖 is written 發抖. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fadou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 发抖 from the suggestions. Typing fadou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
发抖 is an HSK 5 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.