Chinese symbol for “swaying”
晃晃悠悠
huàng huang yōu yōu
swaying; wobbling
The closest CC-CEDICT match for swaying is 晃晃悠悠 (huàng huang yōu yōu), defined as: swaying; wobbling.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “swaying”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 憧憧 | chōng chōng | (of light, shadows) swaying; moving about; dancing |
| 漂摇 (漂搖) | piāo yáo | swaying; tottering |
| 飘摇 (飄搖) | piāo yáo | floating in the wind; swaying |
| 颤巍巍 (顫巍巍) | chàn wēi wēi | trembling; swaying |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 晃晃悠悠.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 摇晃 (搖晃) | yáo huàng | to rock; to shake; to sway |
| 晃动 (晃動) | huàng dòng | to shake; to sway; to rock |
| 一晃 | yī huǎng | (of passing time) in an instant; (of a sight) in a flash |
| 晃悠 | huàng you | to swing; to sway |
| 晃荡 (晃蕩) | huàng dang | to rock; to sway |
| 明晃晃 | míng huǎng huǎng | shining; bright |
| 悠久 | yōu jiǔ | long (tradition, history etc) |
| 悠闲 (悠閑) | yōu xián | variant of 悠閒|悠闲; leisurely |
| 忽悠 | hū you | to rock; to sway |
See also: Japanese symbol for “swaying”.
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.