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晃

huǎng · huang/huàng · huang

Traditional 㨪

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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huǎng 晃

  1. to dazzle
  2. to flash past

huàng 晃

  1. to sway
  2. to shake
  3. to wander about

huǎng 㨪

  1. variant of 晃 (huǎng)
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Walking around the market

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)这么(zhème)晚(wǎn)还(hái)在(zài)夜市(yèshì)晃(huàng)什么(shénme)？

    Why are you still wandering around the night market so late?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)没事(méishì)做(zuò)，随便(suíbiàn)晃(huàng)晃(huàng)。

    I have nothing to do, so I am just wandering around.

  3. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)晃(huàng)了(le)多久(duōjiǔ)了(le)？

    How long have you been wandering?

  4. Dengdeng

    三个(sāngè)小时(xiǎoshí)，我(wǒ)已经(yǐjīng)晃(huàng)了(le)两(liǎng)圈(quān)。

    Three hours. I have already done two rounds.

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)到底(dàodǐ)想(xiǎng)买(mǎi)什么(shénme)？

    What exactly do you want to buy?

  6. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)也(yě)不(bù)知道(zhīdào)，晃(huàng)着(zhe)晃(huàng)着(zhe)就(jiù)饿(è)了(le)。

    I do not know either. After wandering for a while, I got hungry.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

跟(gēn)朋(péng)友(you)出(chū)去(qù)晃(huàng)对(duì)你(nǐ)有(yǒu)好(hǎo)处(chu)。

It would be good for you to hang out with your friends.

Tatoeba: Chinese by LeviHighway · English by Amastan · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)晃(huàng)了(le)晃(huang)手(shǒu)里(lǐ)的(de)钥(yào)匙(shi)，示(shì)意(yì)我(wǒ)们(men)跟(gēn)他(tā)走(zǒu)。

He shook the keys in his hand, signaling us to follow him.

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