Traditional: 擺動
摆动 (bǎi dòng) means “to sway; to swing; to move back and forth; to oscillate”. It is an HSK 4 Chinese word (traditional 擺動) in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
树枝在风中摆动。
Shùzhī zài fēng zhōng bǎidòng.
The branches sway in the wind.
Updated: 2026-07-18