打颤

打顫

dǎzhàn

verb #24,660

Meanings

1 to shiver
2 to tremble
3 to shake

Characters

to hit; verb-forming prefix

to tremble; to quiver

Examples

他冷得直打颤。

Tā lěng de zhí dǎzhàn.

He was so cold he kept shivering.

听到那个消息，她吓得打颤。

Tīngdào nàge xiāoxi, tā xià de dǎzhàn.

Hearing that news, she trembled with fright.

Tips

usage

打颤 can express shivering from cold or trembling from fear or shock. 颤 (zhàn) means to tremble; the 打 prefix is a common colloquial verb-forming element for physical reactions (cf. 打嗝 to hiccup, 打喷嚏 to sneeze).

Stroke Order

打 dǎ

颤 chàn