bǎi dòng
swing; sway; oscillate;vibrate
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树枝在风中摆动。
shùzhī zài fēng zhōng bǎidòng.
The branches sway in the wind.
他摆动双手，示意大家安静。
tā bǎidòng shuāngshǒu, shìyì dàjiā ānjìng.
He waved his hands, signaling for everyone to be quiet.
她摆动身体，跳起了舞。
tā bǎidòng shēntǐ, tiàole wǔ.
She swayed her body and started dancing.
稳定 (wěn dìng)
stable
静止 (jìng zhǐ)
still
The Chinese character 摆 (bǎi) means "to swing" or "to sway." It is composed of two parts: the radical 扌 (shǒu), which indicates that the character is related to hand or movement, and the phonetic component 拜 (bài), which is a simplified form of the character 拜 (bài), meaning "to worship." The character 动 (dòng) means "to move" or "to shake." It is composed of two parts: the radical 亻 (rén), which indicates that the character is related to a person, and the phonetic component 动 (dòng), which is a simplified form of the character 動 (dòng), meaning "to move." The combination of 摆 and 动 forms the compound word 摆动 (bǎidòng), which means "to swing" or "to sway."
