Wave in Chinese
to wave · HSK 5
挥
他笑着向我挥了挥手。 He smiled and waved at me.
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How do you say wave in Chinese?
Wave in Chinese is 挥 (huī). You can also say 摇 (yáo), 招手 (zhāo shǒu), 招 (zhāo).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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