闪烁

閃爍

shǎnshuò

verb HSK 7-9 #10,562

Meanings

1 to twinkle
2 to flicker
3 to glimmer

Characters

Flashing and shining — to twinkle or flicker.

Examples

夜空中星星闪烁。

Yèkōng zhōng xīngxīng shǎnshuò.

Stars twinkle in the night sky.

远处的灯光在闪烁。

Yuǎnchù de dēngguāng zài shǎnshuò.

The lights in the distance are flickering.

他的眼睛里闪烁着泪光。

Tā de yǎnjīng lǐ shǎnshuò zhe lèi guāng.

His eyes glistened with tears.

Tips

usage

闪烁 can also mean 'evasive' when describing speech: 闪烁其词 (shǎnshuò qí cí) means to speak evasively, as if one's words are flickering and hard to pin down.

Stroke Order

闪 shǎn

烁 shuò