# 闪烁 (shǎnshuò)

In Mandarin Chinese, 闪烁 (shǎnshuò) means “to twinkle; to flicker”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to twinkle; to flicker
- Pinyin: shǎnshuò (shan3 shuo4)
- Traditional: 閃爍
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 夜空中的星星在闪烁。
  Yèkōng zhōng de xīngxing zài shǎnshuò.
  The stars in the night sky are twinkling.

## Characters

- [闪](https://hanziro.com/word/shan-flash/) (shǎn): to flash; to sparkle
- 烁 (shuò): bright; luminous

https://hanziro.com/word/shan-shuo-twinkle/

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