闪动

閃動

shǎndòng

verb #25,273

Meanings

1 to flicker
2 to flash and move
3 to glimmer

Characters

to flash; to dodge; lightning

to move; movement

Examples

HSK 6

屏幕上的图像一直在闪动。

Píngmù shàng de túxiàng yìzhí zài shǎndòng.

The image on the screen kept flickering.

HSK 7-9

烛光在风中不断闪动。

Zhúguāng zài fēng zhōng búduàn shǎndòng.

The candlelight flickered continuously in the wind.

Tips

memory

闪 means flash/dodge and 动 means move - so 闪动 is a flashing movement, like a flicker.

Stroke Order

闪 shǎn

动 dòng