悬垂
悬垂懸垂 xuán chuí ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄔㄨㄟˊ jyun4 seoi4
- to hang down
- to dangle
- to be suspended
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Character breakdown
More words with these characters
悬
- 悬崖懸崖 xuán yá ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄚˊ jyun4 ngaai4 precipice
- 悬念懸念 xuán niàn ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄢˋ jyun4 nim6 suspense in a movie, play etc
- 悬挂懸掛 xuán guà ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄚˋ jyun4 gwaa3 to suspend
- 悬殊懸殊 xuán shū ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄨ jyun4 syu4 vastly different; poles apart
- 倒悬倒懸 dào xuán ㄉㄠˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ dou3 jyun4 lit. to hang upside down
- 悬停懸停 xuán tíng ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄥˊ jyun4 ting4 to hover (helicopter, computer mouse etc)
垂
- 垂直 chuí zhí ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄓˊ seoi4 zik6 perpendicular; vertical
- 垂头丧气垂頭喪氣 chuí tóu sàng qì ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄙㄤˋ ㄑㄧˋ seoi4 tau4 song3 hei3 hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected
- 下垂 xià chuí ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄔㄨㄟˊ haa6 seoi4 to droop
- 低垂 dī chuí ㄉㄧ ㄔㄨㄟˊ dai1 seoi4 to droop
- 垂下 chuí xià ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ seoi4 haa6 to hang down
- 垂危 chuí wēi ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄟ seoi4 ngai4 close to death
Idioms with these characters
- 倒悬之急倒懸之急 dào xuán zhī jí ㄉㄠˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄓ ㄐㄧˊ dou3 jyun4 zi1 gap1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- 倒悬之苦倒懸之苦 dào xuán zhī kǔ ㄉㄠˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄓ ㄎㄨˇ dou3 jyun4 zi1 fu2 lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- 倒悬之危倒懸之危 dào xuán zhī wēi ㄉㄠˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄓ ㄨㄟ dou3 jyun4 zi1 ngai4 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- 解民倒悬解民倒懸 jiě mín dào xuán ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ gaai2 man4 dou2 jyun4 lit. to rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius); to save the people from dire straits
- 口若悬河口若懸河 kǒu ruò xuán hé ㄎㄡˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄏㄜˊ hau2 joek6 jyun4 ho4 mouth like a torrent (idiom)
- 垂帘听政垂簾聽政 chuí lián tīng zhèng ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄓㄥˋ seoi4 lim4 ting3 zing3 lit. to govern from behind the curtain
- 垂死挣扎垂死掙扎 chuí sǐ zhēng zhá ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄙˇ ㄓㄥ ㄓㄚˊ seoi4 sei2 zang1 zaat3 deathbed struggle
- 垂头丧气垂頭喪氣 chuí tóu sàng qì ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄙㄤˋ ㄑㄧˋ seoi4 tau4 song3 hei3 hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected
- 垂涎三尺 chuí xián sān chǐ ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄢ ㄔˇ seoi4 jin4 saam1 cek3 to drool (over) (idiom)
- 垂涎欲滴 chuí xián yù dī ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄩˋ ㄉㄧ seoi4 jin4 juk6 dik6 to drool with desire (idiom); to envy