Chinese symbol for “quiver”
抖动
dǒu dòng
Traditional: 抖動
to quiver; to vibrate; to shake (sth)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for quiver is 抖动 (dǒu dòng), defined as: to quiver; to vibrate; to shake (sth).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “quiver”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 激灵 (激靈) | jī líng | to quiver |
| 箙 | fú | quiver |
| 震颤 (震顫) | zhèn chàn | to tremble; to quiver |
| 颤动 (顫動) | chàn dòng | to vibrate; to quiver |
| 抖瑟 | dǒu sè | to quiver; to shiver |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 抖动.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发抖 (發抖) | fā dǒu | to tremble; to shake |
| 颤抖 (顫抖) | chàn dǒu | to shudder; to shiver |
| 精神抖擞 (精神抖擻) | jīng shén dǒu sǒu | spirit trembling with excitement (idiom); in high spirits; lively and full of enthusiasm |
| 抖落 | dǒu luò | to shake out |
| 抖擞 (抖擻) | dǒu sǒu | to rouse; to invigorate |
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
| 行动 (行動) | xíng dòng | operation; action |
See also: Japanese symbol for “quiver”.
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.