颤 chàn to shiver
to shiver; to tremble; trembling
怎么记住“颤”: 亶 full granary + 页 page = to shiver. Locked by mistake in the full granary on a winter night, the boy turns each page of his comic with cold fingers and starts to shiver.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
颤 = 亶 full granary + 页 page
- 亶 full granary sound
- 页 page meaning
Locked by mistake in the full granary on a winter night, the boy turns each page of his comic with cold fingers and starts to shiver.
How it came to be
The head gives the meaning and the other part the sound.
用法
- To tremble/quiver: 颤抖 (chàndǒu) to shudder; 声音颤抖 (shēngyīn chàndǒu) a trembling voice, 冷得发颤 (lěng de fā chàn) shivering with cold.
- Note the second reading zhàn in 颤栗/打颤 (dǎ zhàn) to shiver/shudder: a tone/reading trap.
- 颤 is involuntary shaking from cold, fear, or emotion, finer than a big 抖 shake.