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震
zhèn
1.
to shake
2.
to vibrate
3.
to jolt
4.
to quake
5.
excited
6.
shocked
7.
one of the Eight Trigrams [[八卦<bāguà>]], symbolizing thunder
8.
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Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
地震
dìzhèn
earthquake
川震
Chuānzhèn
Sichuan great earthquake, the magnitude 8 earthquake of May 2008 at Wenchuan [[汶川]], Sichuan, that killed more than 80,000 people
张震
ZhāngZhèn
Chang Chen (1976-), Taiwanese film actor
强震
qiángzhèn
powerful earthquake
抗震
kàngzhèn
anti-seismic measures
减震
jiǎnzhèn
shock absorption
爆震
bàozhèn
knocking (fault in internal combustion engine)
王震
WángZhèn
Wang Zhen (1908-1993), Chinese political figure
车震
chēzhèn
lit. car shaking
防震
fángzhèn
shockproof
电震
diànzhèn
electric shock
震中
zhènzhōng
earthquake epicenter
震动
zhèndòng
to shake
震区
zhènqū
earthquake area
震央
zhènyāng
earthquake epicenter (Tw)
震怒
zhènnù
to be furious
震悚
zhènsǒng
(literary) to tremble with fear
震情
zhènqíng
circumstances of an earthquake
震惶
zhènhuáng
to terrify
震感
zhèngǎn
tremors (from an earthquake)
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 5
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,103
- Word Frequency Rank
- 2,262 of 84,292