staggering; stumbling
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staggering; stumbling; tottering
A descriptive state adjective (状态词), often used to depict someone walking unsteadily due to age, drunkenness, injury, or weakness.
Tā他
hē喝
zuì醉
le了
，
zǒu走
lù路
kē磕
ke磕
zhuàng撞
zhuàng撞
de的
。
He was drunk, walking in a stumbling manner.
Lǎo老
rén人
zhǔ拄
zhe着
guǎi拐
zhàng杖
，
zài在
zǒu走
láng廊
lǐ里
kē磕
ke磕
zhuàng撞
zhuàng撞
de地
zǒu走
zhe着
。
The old man, leaning on a cane, was tottering down the corridor.
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Tā他
zài在
hēi黑
àn暗
de的
fáng房
jiān间
lǐ里
kē磕
ke磕
zhuàng撞
zhuàng撞
，
mō摸
suǒ索
zhe着
zhǎo找
dēng灯
de的
kāi开
guān关
。
He stumbled around in the dark room, fumbling for the light switch.
Gāng刚
xué学
zǒu走
lù路
de的
hái孩
zi子
kē磕
ke磕
zhuàng撞
zhuàng撞
de地
pū扑
xiàng向
mā妈
ma妈
。
The toddler who had just learned to walk stumbled towards his mother.
Shān山
lù路
bù不
píng平
，
wǒ我
men们
yí一
lù路
kē磕
ke磕
zhuàng撞
zhuàng撞
cái才
dào到
dá达
shān山
dǐng顶
。
The mountain path was rough, and we stumbled our way to the top.