Chinese symbol for “faltering”
颤巍巍
chàn wēi wēi
Traditional: 顫巍巍
trembling; swaying; flickering; tottering
The closest CC-CEDICT match for faltering is 颤巍巍 (chàn wēi wēi), defined as: trembling; swaying; flickering; tottering; faltering.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 颤巍巍.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 颤抖 (顫抖) | chàn dǒu | to shudder; to shiver |
| 震颤 (震顫) | zhèn chàn | to tremble; to quiver |
| 颤动 (顫動) | chàn dòng | to vibrate; to quiver |
| 颤栗 (顫慄) | zhàn lì | variant of 战栗 (zhàn lì) |
| 颤音 (顫音) | chàn yīn | vibrato (of stringed instrument); trill (in phonetics) |
| 打颤 (打顫) | dǎ zhàn | to shiver; to tremble |
| 巍峨 | wēi é | lofty; towering |
| 巍巍 | wēi wēi | towering; imposing |
| 巍然 | wēi rán | majestic; towering |
See also: Japanese symbol for “faltering”.
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.