颤 (chàn): to tremble, to shiver, to shake
颤 (chàn) is a Chinese character meaning “to tremble.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亶 (phonetic) and 页 (semantic). It ranks #1879 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 颤 leaf. Its radical form 页 (page) appears in many related characters such as 页 (yè, page), 顺 (shùn, to obey), 须 (xū, must).
Definitions
- to tremble
- to shiver
- to shake
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 颤抖 | chàn dǒu | to shudder |
| 颤动verb | chàn dòng | to vibrate |
| 颤栗verb | zhàn lì | variant of 戰慄|战栗 |
| 打颤verb | dǎ zhàn | to shiver |
| 震颤verb | zhèn chàn | to tremble |
| 颤音noun | chàn yīn | vibrato (of stringed instrument) |
| 心惊胆颤 | xīn jīng dǎn chàn | see 心驚膽戰|心惊胆战 |
| 自动体外除颤器 | zì dòng tǐ wài chú chàn qì | AED (automated external defibrillator) |
| 心房颤动noun | xīn fáng chàn dòng | atrial fibrillation |
| 心室颤动noun | xīn shì chàn dòng | ventricular fibrillation (V-fib), abbr. to 室顫|室颤 |
| 颤抖不已 | chàn dǒu bù yǐ | to shake like a leaf (idiom) |
| 胆颤心惊 | dǎn chàn xīn jīng | panic-stricken |
| 胆惊心颤 | dǎn jīng xīn chàn | see 心驚膽戰|心惊胆战 |
| 惊心胆颤 | jīng xīn dǎn chàn | frightening |
| 去颤verb | qù chàn | to defibrillate |
颤 appears in 28 compound words: 29 as the first character, 43 as the last, and 29 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 颤 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
学习颤字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。
xué xí chàn zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Mastering the stroke "颤" requires repeated practice to achieve neat and precise writing.
前列腺颤动哭叫是快尿了吗?无尿液排出就不是真正尿...
qián liè xiàn chàn dòng kū jiào shì kuài niào le ma ? wú niào yè pái chū jiù bù shì zhēn zhèng niào . . .
Does the prostate twitching and crying mean I need to urinate? If no urine is passed, it’s not really urination...
前列腺颤动哭叫是快尿了吗?副交感神经激活同时影响...
qián liè xiàn chàn dòng kū jiào shì kuài niào le ma ? fù jiāo gǎn shén jīng jī huó tóng shí yǐng xiǎng . . .
Does the trembling and crying of the prostate mean you need to urinate urgently? The activation of the parasympathetic nervous system simultaneously affects...
前列腺颤动哭叫是快尿了吗?性兴奋期盆腔充血引起压...
qián liè xiàn chàn dòng kū jiào shì kuài niào le ma ? xìng xīng fèn qī pén qiāng chōng xiě yǐn qǐ yā . . .
Does trembling and crying during prostate stimulation mean you need to urinate? During sexual arousal, pelvic congestion causes pressure...
前列腺颤动哭叫是快尿了吗?膀胱空虚时仍感尿意正常...
qián liè xiàn chàn dòng kū jiào shì kuài niào le ma ? bǎng 胱 kōng xū shí réng gǎn niào yì zhèng cháng . . .
Does the trembling and crying sensation in the prostate mean I need to urinate? It’s normal to still feel the urge to urinate even when the bladder is empty...
前列腺颤动哭叫是快尿了吗?盆底肌群同步收缩引发错...
qián liè xiàn chàn dòng kū jiào shì kuài niào le ma ? pén de jī qún tóng bù shōu suō yǐn fā cuò . . .
Does trembling and crying indicate an urgent need to urinate? Synchronized contraction of the pelvic floor muscles triggers a false...
恐怖的场面让了他颤抖。
Kǒngbù de chǎngmiàn ràng le tā chàndǒu.
He shuddered at the terrible scene.
她的声音因愤怒而颤抖。
Tā de shēngyīn yīn fènnù ér chàndǒu.
Her voice was quivering with anger.
他边颤抖边说：「那座城堡有鬼。」
Tā biān chàndǒu biān shuō:「 nà zuò chéngbǎo yǒu guǐ.」
"The castle is haunted," he said with a shiver.
即使您的声音颤抖，也要说出事实。
Jíshǐ nín de shēngyīn chàndǒu, yě yàoshuō chūshì shí.
Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes.
Character Family
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