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動搖

動搖

See also: 動揺 and 动摇

Chinese

		to use; to act; to move to use; to act; to move; to change	shake; to rock
trad. (動搖)		動	搖
simp. (动摇)		动	摇
anagram		搖動／摇动

Verb

動搖

to swing; to rock; to shake
to destabilise; to waver; to rattle; to shake

Adjective

動搖

unstable; unsteady

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dòngyáo

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ jiu⁴
Min Nan (POJ): tǒng-iâu / tōng-iâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dòngyáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄧㄠˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqyau
  - IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ i̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung⁶ jiu⁴
  - Yale: duhng yìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ jiu⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² jiːu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒng-iâu
  - Tâi-lô: tǒng-iâu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²² iaʊ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōng-iâu
  - Tâi-lô: tōng-iâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doxng'iaau
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ iaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ iaʊ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ iaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ iaʊ¹³/