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搖擺

简 摇摆 · 繁 搖擺
Mandarin · pinyin yáo bǎi

Meanings

  1. to sway
  2. to wobble
  3. to waver
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搖
yáo · wag, swing, wave; shake; scull
擺
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摇
yáo · wag, swing, wave; shake; scull
摆
bǎi · put, place; display; swing, sway
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2–3 · yao2 bai3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jiu4 baai2

Cantonese word readings for 搖擺. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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jiu4 baai2

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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verb

  1. to sway; to move side to side; to rock
  2. (figuratively, of one's stance or opinion) to sway; to vacillate

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