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Chinese symbol for “shuddering”

歪歪斜斜
wāi wāi xié xié
shuddering; trembling; a trembling scrawl (of handwriting)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for shuddering is 歪歪斜斜 (wāi wāi xié xié), defined as: shuddering; trembling; a trembling scrawl (of handwriting).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

歪 wāi
slanted, askew, awry
radical 77 ⽌ · 9 strokes
歪
歪 wāi
slanted, askew, awry
radical 77 ⽌ · 9 strokes
斜 xié
slanting, sloping, inclined
radical 68 ⽃ · 11 strokes
斜
斜 xié
slanting, sloping, inclined
radical 68 ⽃ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “shuddering”

WordPinyinMeaning
栗然 (慄然)lì rán(literary) shivering; shuddering

Related words

Other words that share a character with 歪歪斜斜.

WordPinyinMeaning
歪曲wāi qūto distort; to misrepresent
歪风 (歪風)wāi fēngunhealthy trend; noxious influence
歪理wāi lǐfallacious reasoning; preposterous argument
东倒西歪 (東倒西歪)dōng dǎo xī wāito lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom); to sway
歪斜wāi xiécrooked; askew
歪门邪道 (歪門邪道)wāi mén xié dàodishonest practices
倾斜 (傾斜)qīng xiéto incline; to lean
斜坡xié pōslope; incline
斜面xié miàninclined plane

See also: Japanese symbol for “shuddering”.

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.

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