晃 (huǎng): to dazzle, to flash past, to sway
晃 (huǎng) is a Chinese character meaning “to dazzle.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 日 (semantic) and 光 (phonetic). It ranks #1779 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 晃 sun. Its radical form 日 (sun) appears in many related characters such as 日 (rì, sun, day), 早 (zǎo, early, morning), 时 (shí, time, hour).
Definitions
- to dazzle
- to flash past
- to sway
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 摇晃 | yáo huàng | to rock |
| 晃悠 | huàng you | to swing |
| 晃荡 | huàng dang | to rock |
| 晃动 | huàng dòng | to shake |
| 一晃 | yī huǎng | (of passing time) in an instant |
| 明晃晃 | míng huǎng huǎng | shining |
| 一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡 | yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang | lit. a full bottle makes no sound |
| 新晃侗族自治县 | xīn huǎng dòng zú zì zhì xiàn | Xinhuang Dong Autonomous County, in Huaihua City 懷化市|怀化市[Huai2 hua4 Shi4], Hunan |
| 新晃 | xīn huǎng | see 新晃侗族自治縣|新晃侗族自治县[Xin1 huang3 Dong4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 新晃县 | xīn huǎng xiàn | see 新晃侗族自治縣|新晃侗族自治县[Xin1 huang3 Dong4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 摆晃 | bǎi huàng | to swing |
| 银晃晃 | yín huǎng huǎng | silver glitter |
| 闲晃 | xián huàng | to hang around |
| 晃晃悠悠 | huàng huang yōu yōu | swaying |
| 瞎晃 | xiā huàng | to roam about |
晃 appears in 15 compound words: 27 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 33 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 晃 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
晃出时分，渔民们已经出海捕鱼了。
huǎng chū shí fēn , yú mín men yǐ jīng chū hǎi bǔ yú le .
By the time dawn broke, the fishermen had already set out to sea to catch fish.
高雄毒男撞烂车...竟先晃进店买饮料
gāo xióng dú nán zhuàng làn chē . . . jìng xiān huǎng jìn diàn mǎi yǐn liào
A guy in Kaohsiung crashed his car... but first he wandered into a store to buy a drink
快讯/23:49发生地震!台北感受摇晃
kuài xùn 2 3 : 4 9 fā shēng dì zhèn ! tái běi gǎn shòu yáo huǎng
News/23:49 Earthquake occurred! Taipei feels shaky
...南化凌晨1时48分规模3.6地震 有感摇晃持续监测
. . . nán huà líng chén 1 shí 4 8 fēn guī mó 3 . 6 dì zhèn yǒu gǎn yáo huǎng chí xù jiān cè
... At 1:48 a.m. in Nanhua, a magnitude 3.6 earthquake felt shaking and continued to be monitored
台南南化区发生规模4.3地震 有感摇晃持续时间短
tái nán nán huà qū fā shēng guī mó 4 . 3 dì zhèn yǒu gǎn yáo huǎng chí xù shí jiān duǎn
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake occurred in Nanhua District, Tainan, and the shaking lasted for a short time
...生小便完甩一下动作标准吗?向前轻弹比左右晃更有效吗
. . . shēng xiǎo biàn wán shuǎi yī xià dòng zuò biāo zhǔn ma ? xiàng qián qīng dàn bǐ zuǒ yòu huǎng gēng yǒu xiào ma
... Is it a standard of action after peeing? Is it more effective to flick forward than to swing left and right?
建筑物在地震中摇晃。
Jiànzhùwù zài dìzhèn zhōng yáohuàng.
The buildings shook in the earthquake.
新生的长颈鹿摇晃着腿跌跌撞撞地走。
Xīnshēng de chángjǐnglù yáohuàng zhe tuǐ diēdiezhuàngzhuàng de zǒu.
The newborn giraffe stumbled around on rickety legs.
桌子为什么这么晃？
Zhuōzi wèishénme zhème huǎng?
Why is the table so wobbly?
我们感觉到地面在摇晃。
Wǒmen gǎnjuédào dìmiàn zài yáohuàng.
We felt the ground trembling.
Character Family
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