滑移

huáyí
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to slip
  2. 2 to drift (sideways)
  3. 3 (physics/mechanics) slip; slipping

Examples

Qìchē zài jiébīng de lùmiàn shàng fāshēng huáyí.
The car slipped on the icy road surface.
Jīnshǔ biànxíng shí jīngtǐ nèibù huì chǎnshēng huáyí.
When metal deforms, slip occurs within the crystal lattice.

Tips

usage
Technical-leaning. Common in physics (晶体滑移 'crystal slip'), automotive engineering (轮胎滑移 'tire slip') and mechanics. Everyday Chinese for 'to slip' is plain (huá) or 打滑 (dǎhuá).

Stroke Order

huá