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地震

dì zhèn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

地震 (dì zhèn) means "earthquake". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 地震 means

1. earthquake

The characters in 地震

• 地dìearth; ground; field
• 震zhènto shake; to vibrate; to jolt

Example sentences

• 我怕地震。
  I'm afraid of earthquakes.
• 地震带来了灾难。
  The earthquake brought about disaster.
• 日本有许多地震。
  There are many earthquakes in Japan.
• 我感觉到地震了。
  I felt the earth shake.
• 昨晚有一场大地震。
  There was a big earthquake last night.
• 台湾容易发生地震。
  Taiwan is prone to earthquakes.

Words starting with 地震

• 地震仪dì zhèn yíseismometer
• 地震区dì zhèn qūseismic zone; earthquake belt
• 地震学dì zhèn xuéseismology; science of earthquakes
• 地震局dì zhèn júearthquake bureau
• 地震带dì zhèn dàiseismic zone; earthquake belt
• 地震波dì zhèn bōseismic wave
• 地震学家dì zhèn xué jiāseismologist; earthquake scientist
• 地震烈度dì zhèn liè dùearthquake intensity (measure of its destructive power)
• 地震速报dì zhèn sù bàoreal-time report of earthquake data; earthquake alert
• 地震活动带dì zhèn huó dòng dàiseismic zone; earthquake belt

Words containing 地震

• 中源地震zhōng yuán dì zhènmedium depth earthquake (with epicenter 70-300 km deep)
• 深源地震shēn yuán dì zhèndeep earthquake (with epicenter more than 300 km deep)
• 关东地震Guān dōng dì zhènKantō earthquake of 1923, magnitude 8.2, that killed 200,000 people in the Tokyo area
• 中国地震局Zhōng guó Dì zhèn júChina Earthquake Administration (CEA); State Seismological Bureau
• 国家地震局Guó jiā Dì zhèn júChina Earthquake Administration (CEA); State Seismological Bureau
• 群发性地震qún fā xìng dì zhènearthquake swarm
• 中国地震台网Zhōng guó Dì zhèn Tái wǎngChina Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), the information hub of the China Earthquake…
• 唐山大地震Táng shān Dà dì zhènGreat Tangshan Earthquake (1976)
• 汶川地震Wèn chuān Dì zhènGreat Sichuan Earthquake (2008)
• 汶川大地震Wèn chuān Dà dì zhènGreat Sichuan Earthquake (2008)
• 浅源地震qiǎn yuán dì zhènshallow earthquake (with epicenter less than 70 km deep)
• 陕西大地震Shǎn xī dà dì zhènthe great Shaanxi earthquake of 2nd February 1556 that killed 830,000 people
• 四川大地震Sì chuān Dà dì zhènGreat Sichuan Earthquake (2008)
• 环太平洋地震带Huán Tài píng yáng Dì zhèn dàiRing of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt)

Where 地震 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Nature, Landscape & Wild Animals (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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