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

HSK 3

他冷得直打颤。

Tā lěng de zhí dǎzhàn.

He was so cold he kept shivering.

HSK 5

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 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