Chinese word

滚动

Pronunciation

Pinyingǔn dòng

Meaning

  • verbroll

Example

球在草地上慢慢滚动。qiú zài cǎo dì shàng màn màn gǔn dòng

The ball is rolling slowly on the grass.

Illustration for 滚动 (roll)

More examples

请在页面向下滚动，查看下一条消息。qǐng zài yè miàn xiàng xià gǔn dòng chá kàn xià yì tiáo xiāo xī

Please scroll down the page to view the next message.

Core concept

Continuous movement along a surface or display, with an object or its content passing through one section after another.

Common phrases

  • 向下滚动xiàng xià gǔn dòng

    scroll down

  • 屏幕上滚动píng mù shàng gǔn dòng

    scroll on the screen

  • 慢慢地滚动màn màn dì gǔn dòng

    roll slowly

Similar words

滑动huá dòng: Slides smoothly along a surface under the movement of a finger or object.
拖动tuō dòng: Pulls an item with a finger or mouse and moves it to a desired position.
滚gǔn: Moves forward by rotating over the ground or another surface.
转动zhuǎn dòng: Rotates around a fixed axis or center without moving away from it.

Definition in Chinese

在电子设备上指用手指或滚轮等使页面或内容沿垂直或水平方向连续移动；也可指物体在表面上翻滚前进。zài diàn zi shè bèi shàng zhǐ yòng shóu zhǐ huò gǔn lún děng shǐ yè miàn huò nèi róng yán chuí zhí huò shuǐ píng fāng xiàng lián xù yí dòng yě kě zhǐ wù tǐ zài biǎo miàn shàng fān gǔn qián jìn

Word origin

滚动 (gǔndòng, "roll and move") is formed from 滚 (gǔn, "roll") and 动 (dòng, "move"), so its physical and digital uses share the idea of moving onward.

Usage tips

  • In device instructions, 向上滚动 (xiàng shàng gǔndòng, "scroll up") and 向下滚动 (xiàng xià gǔndòng, "scroll down") state the direction clearly and match common interface language.

Other meanings

  • roll oververb
  • scrollverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 滚动条gǔn dòng tiáoscrollbarnoun

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