摇摆
yáo bǎi
Pinyin

Definition

摇摆
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yáo bǎi
  1. to sway
  2. to wobble
  3. to waver

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

摇
Yáo
  1. 1 surname Yao
摇摆
yáo bǎi
  1. 1 to sway
  2. 2 to wobble
  3. 3 to waver
摇曳
yáo yè
  1. 1 to sway gently (as in the wind)
  2. 2 (of a flame) to flicker
摇滚
yáo gǔn
  1. 1 rock 'n' roll (music)
  2. 2 to rock
  3. 3 to fall off
摆
bǎi
  1. 1 to arrange
  2. 2 to exhibit
  3. 3 to move to and fro
  4. 4 a pendulum
摆脱
bǎi tuō
  1. 1 to break away from
  2. 2 to cast off (old ideas etc)
  3. 3 to get rid of
  4. 4 to break away (from)
  5. 5 to break out (of)
  6. 6 to free oneself from
  7. 7 to extricate oneself
下摆
xià bǎi
  1. 1 hem of a skirt
  2. 2 shirt tail
停摆
tíng bǎi
  1. 1 (of a pendulum) to stop swinging
  2. 2 (of work, production, activities etc) to come to a halt
  3. 3 to be suspended
  4. 4 to be canceled
  5. 5 shutdown
  6. 6 (sports) lockout
动摇
dòng yáo
  1. 1 to sway
  2. 2 to waver
  3. 3 to rock
  4. 4 to rattle
  5. 5 to destabilize
  6. 6 to pose a challenge to
大摇大摆
dà yáo dà bǎi
  1. 1 to strut
  2. 2 swaggering
招摇
zhāo yáo
  1. 1 to act ostentatiously
  2. 2 to brag
  3. 3 to show off
摇动
yáo dòng
  1. 1 to shake
  2. 2 to sway
摇摆不定
yáo bǎi bù dìng
  1. 1 indecisive
  2. 2 wavering
摇晃
yáo huàng
  1. 1 to rock
  2. 2 to shake
  3. 3 to sway
摇椅
yáo yǐ
  1. 1 rocking chair
摇滚乐
yáo gǔn yuè
  1. 1 rock music
  2. 2 rock 'n roll
摇奖
yáo jiǎng
  1. 1 to draw the winning ticket (in a lottery)
摇篮
yáo lán
  1. 1 cradle
摇号
yáo hào
  1. 1 lottery
摇身
yáo shēn
  1. 1 lit. to shake one's body
  2. 2 refers to abrupt transformation
  3. 3 same as 搖身一變|摇身一变

Idioms (9)

地动山摇
dì dòng shān yáo
  1. 1 the earth quaked, the mountains shook (idiom); a tremendous battle
天摇地转
tiān yáo dì zhuǎn
  1. 1 lit. the sky shakes and the ground revolves
  2. 2 momentous changes are underway (idiom)
招摇过市
zhāo yáo guò shì
  1. 1 to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)
摇旗呐喊
yáo qí nà hǎn
  1. 1 to wave flags and shout battle cries (idiom); to egg sb on
  2. 2 to give support to
摇钱树
yáo qián shù
  1. 1 a legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken
  2. 2 a source of easy money (idiom)
摇头摆尾
yáo tóu bǎi wěi
  1. 1 to nod one's head and wag one's tail (idiom)
  2. 2 to be well pleased with oneself
  3. 3 to have a lighthearted air
摆花架子
bǎi huā jià zi
  1. 1 lit. to arrange a shelf of flowers
  2. 2 superficial display (idiom)
风雨漂摇
fēng yǔ piāo yáo
  1. 1 tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom)
  2. 2 (of a situation) unstable
风雨飘摇
fēng yǔ piāo yáo
  1. 1 tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom)
  2. 2 (of a situation) unstable

Sample Sentences

什么样的节奏是最呀最摇摆，
shénmeyàng de jiézòu shì zuì ya zuì yáobǎi ，
What kind of rhythm swings the most
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是呀，你看我，不懂就是不懂，从来不装模作样。哎，什么是摇摆啊？
shì yā ，nǐ kàn wǒ ，bù dǒng jiùshì bù dǒng ，cónglái bù zhuāngmúzuòyàng 。āi ，shénme shì yáobǎi ā ？
Yeah. Look at you-- you don't understand it, but you've never pretended that you could! Oh, what's Swing?
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