颤抖

• 拼音: chàn dǒu
• 汉字拆解: 颤 = 页 (page/head radical) + 亶 (phonetic); 抖 = 扌(hand radical) + 斗 (fight/pour, phonetic)

含义

To tremble; to shiver; to shake. Involuntary shaking or vibration of the body, often due to cold, fear, strong emotion, or illness.

Describes visible, often uncontrollable physical shaking. Common in literary and descriptive writing to convey fear, cold, nervous excitement, illness, or intense emotion. Stronger and more vivid than 发抖 in literary contexts, though largely interchangeable in everyday speech. Frequently used with body parts as subject (双手颤抖, 声音颤抖).

例句

1. 他听到那个噩耗时，双手止不住地颤抖，久久说不出一句话来。
2. 山区的夜晚寒气逼人，她裹紧外套，身体依然忍不住颤抖。
3. 老人颤抖着接过荣誉证书，眼眶里噙满了激动的泪水。

用法指南

语境: literature, emotion, weather, illness, description

语气: vivid

正确说法

• 她紧张得声音都在颤抖，但还是鼓起勇气走上了舞台。(She was so nervous that her voice was trembling, but she still summoned the courage to walk onto the stage.)
• 寒风中，几只麻雀瑟缩在枝头颤抖，显得格外可怜。(In the cold wind, a few sparrows huddled and shivered on the branches, looking particularly pitiful.)

错误说法

• 机器在颤抖运行。(颤抖 is reserved for living beings or emotionally charged subjects — for machines use 震动 or 抖动: 机器运行时产生震动)

起源与历史

颤 (to tremble, quiver) + 抖 (to shake, tremble). Both characters independently mean to shake — together they reinforce the meaning.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal