動搖

See also: 動揺 and 动摇

Chinese

		to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	shake; to rock
trad. (動搖)		動	搖
simp. (动摇)		动	摇
anagram		搖動／摇动

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	動	搖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	徒揔切	餘昭切
Baxter	duwngX	yew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duŋX/	/jiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/duŋX/	/jiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/duŋX/	/jæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəwŋX/	/jiaw/
Li Rong	/duŋX/	/iɛu/
Wang Li	/duŋX/	/jĭɛu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱuŋX/	/i̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dòng	yáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dung6	jiu4

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	動	搖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dòng	yáo
Middle Chinese	‹ duwngX ›	‹ yew ›
Old Chinese	/*[Cə-m-]tˁoŋʔ/	/*law/
English	move	shake
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	動	搖	搖
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
No.	17449	14703	14704
Phonetic component	重	謠	謠
Rime group	東	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	0	2	3
Corresponding MC rime	動	燿	遙
Old Chinese	/*doːŋʔ/	/*lews/	/*lew/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòngyáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ jiu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tǒng-iâu / tōng-iâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòngyáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòngyáo
    • Wade–Giles: tung⁴-yao²
    • Yale: dùng-yáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqyau
    • Palladius: дунъяо (dunʺjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ jɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung⁶ jiu⁴
    • Yale: duhng yìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ jiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶ yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² jiːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒng-iâu
    • Tâi-lô: tǒng-iâu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²² iau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōng-iâu
    • Tâi-lô: tōng-iâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doxng'iaau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ iau¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ iau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ iau²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ iau²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: duwngX yew

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[Cə-m-]tˤoŋʔ  law/

  (Zhengzhang): /*doːŋʔ  lews|lew/

Verb

動搖

1. (transitive) to swing; to rock; to shake
2. (ergative) to destabilise; to waver; to rattle; to shake; to undermine

Synonyms

• (to swing): 搖動／摇动 (yáodòng), 振 (zhèn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (動搖):

• → Japanese: 動揺(どうよう) (dōyō)
• → Korean: 동요(動搖) (dong'yo)