Chinese symbol for “dangle”
垂
chuí
to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dangle is 垂 (chuí), defined as: to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “dangle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耷拉 | dā la | to droop; to hang down; to dangle |
| 繠 | ruǐ | dangle; hang loosely |
| 悬垂 (懸垂) | xuán chuí | to hang down; to dangle |
| 悬荡 (懸盪) | xuán dàng | to hang suspended; to dangle; (fig.) to be in limbo; to be in a state of uncertainty |
| 耷着 (耷著) | dā zhe | to droop; to hang down; to dangle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 垂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 垂直 | chuí zhí | perpendicular; vertical |
| 下垂 | xià chuí | to droop; to sag |
| 垂死 | chuí sǐ | dying |
| 垂青 | chuí qīng | to show appreciation for sb; to look upon sb with favor |
| 垂钓 (垂釣) | chuí diào | angling |
| 垂涎 | chuí xián | to drool; to salivate; (fig.) to covet; to desire greedily |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dangle”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.