| 飘摇 | piāo yáo | floating in the wind / swaying / tottering / unstable |   |
| 颤巍巍 | chàn wēi wēi | trembling / swaying / flickering / tottering / faltering | |
| 晃晃悠悠 | huàng huang yōu yōu | swaying / wobbling | |
| 漂摇 | piāo yáo | swaying / tottering / unstable | |
| 憧憧 | chōng chōng | (of light, shadows) swaying / moving about / dancing | |
| 依依 | yī yī | reluctant to part / (of grass etc) soft and pliable, swaying in the wind | |
| 眩晕 | xuàn yùn | vertigo / dizziness / fainting / feeling of swaying, head spinning, lack of balance or floating (e.g. from a stroke) / Taiwan pr. [xuan4 yun1] | |
| 眩晕 | xuàn yùn | vertigo / dizziness / fainting / feeling of swaying, head spinning, lack of balance or floating (e.g. from a stroke) / Taiwan pr. [xuan4 yun1] | |
| 花枝招展 | huā zhī zhāo zhǎn | lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom) / fig. gorgeously dressed (woman) | |
| 摇曳多姿 | yáo yè duō zī | swaying gently / moving elegantly | |
