挪挪

nuónuo

verb #19,442

Meanings

1 to shift a little
2 to scoot over
3 to move slightly

Characters

to move; to shift

to move; to shift (reduplicated)

Examples

你往那边挪挪，让我坐一下。

Nǐ wǎng nàbiān nuónuo, ràng wǒ zuò yīxià.

Scoot over that way a bit and let me sit down.

他不安地在椅子上挪挪。

Tā bù'ān de zài yǐzi shàng nuónuo.

He shifted uncomfortably in his chair.

Tips

grammar

Reduplicating 挪 to 挪挪 softens the action and makes it more casual and colloquial — 'just shift a little bit'. This AA verb reduplication pattern adds a diminutive, casual nuance.

Stroke Order

挪 nuó