闪
烁

Flickering in Chinese: 闪烁 (shǎn shuò)

shǎn shuò

flickering

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 閃爍1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1flickering
  2. 2twinkling
  3. 3evasive
  4. 4vague (of speech)

Stroke order

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闪
烁

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄢˇ

shǎn

ㄕ/ shㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

ㄕㄨㄛˋ

shuò

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

闪烁

Simplified

閃爍

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 夜里天上的星星闪烁着。

    yè lǐ tiān shàng de xīng xīng shǎn shuò zhe。

    At night the stars twinkle in the sky.

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Related words

闪

shǎn

to dodge

闪电

shǎn diàn

lightning

善

shàn

good (virtuous)

善意

shàn yì

goodwill

擅长

shàn cháng

to be good at

擅自

shàn zì

without permission

膳食

shàn shí

meals

赡养

shàn yǎng

to support

伤残

shāng cán

disabled

伤感

shāng gǎn

sad

伤痕

shāng hén

scar

伤脑筋

shāng nǎo jīn

to be a real headache

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