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振

zhèn

HSK 5 Character

What 振 means

1. to shake
2. to flap
3. to vibrate
4. to resonate
5. to rise up with spirit
6. to rouse oneself

Example sentences

• 振奋起来！
  Chin up!
• 三振出局！
  Strike three!
• 事业会很快重振。
  Shìyè huì hěn kuài chóngzhèn.
  Business will recover soon.
• 情况正在改善，所以振作起来！
  Qíngkuàng zhèngzài gǎishàn, suǒyǐ zhènzuò qǐlai!
  The situation is improving, so cheer up!
• 台币上涨，造成台湾的出口贸易不振。
  The Taiwanese dollar appreciated, causing Taiwanese exports to slump.
• 昨天晚上没睡好，所以我今天精神不振。
  I didn't sleep well last night so I have little energy today.

Words starting with 振

• 振动zhèn dòngto vibrate; to shake; vibration
• 振兴zhèn xīngto revive; to revitalize; to invigorate; to re-energize
• 振奋zhèn fènto stir oneself up; to raise one's spirits; to inspire
• 振作zhèn zuòto bestir oneself; to pull oneself together; to cheer up
• 振荡zhèn dàngvibration; oscillation
• 振振有词zhèn zhèn yǒu cíto speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's…
• 振幅zhèn fúamplitude
• 振频zhèn pínfrequency of vibration
• 振安区Zhèn ān QūZhen'an, a district of Dandong City 丹东市
• 振兴区Zhèn xīng QūZhenxing, a district of Dandong City 丹东市
• 振荡器zhèn dàng qìoscillator
• 振聋发聩zhèn lóng fā kuìlit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom); rousing even the apathetic
• 振臂一呼zhèn bì yī hū(idiom) to issue a call for action; to raise one's hand and issue a rousing call
• 振安Zhèn ānsee 振安区
• 振振有辞zhèn zhèn yǒu cívariant of 振振有词

Words containing 振

• 杨振宁Yáng Zhèn nìngChen-Ning Franklin Yang (1922–2025), theoretical physicist, co-developer of Yang-Mills…
• 重振chóng zhènto revitalize; to restore (prestige, prosperity etc); revival; recovery
• 一蹶不振yī jué bù zhènone stumble, unable to rise (idiom); a setback leading to total collapse…
• 萎靡不振wěi mǐ bù zhèndispirited and listless (idiom); downcast
• 共振gòng zhènresonance (physics)
• 令人振奋lìng rén zhèn fèninspiring; exciting; rousing
• 不振bù zhènlacking in vitality; depressed (market, spirits etc)
• 偏振piān zhènpolarization (of waves)
• 坚振jiān zhènconfirmation (Christian ceremony)
• 提振tí zhènto boost; to stimulate
• 减振jiǎn zhènshock absorption; vibration dampening
• 偏振光piān zhèn guāngpolarization of light; polarized light
• 偏振波piān zhèn bōpolarized wave
• 偏振镜piān zhèn jìngpolarizing filter
• 坚振礼jiān zhèn lǐconfirmation (Christian ceremony)
• 磁共振cí gòng zhènmagnetic resonance
• 核磁共振hé cí gòng zhènnuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
• 调和振动tiáo hé zhèn dòngharmonic oscillation
• 磁共振成像cí gòng zhèn chéng xiàngmagnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
• 晶振jīng zhèncrystal oscillator
• 欲振乏力yù zhèn fá lìto try to rouse oneself but lack the strength (idiom)
• 横振动héng zhèn dòngtransverse vibration
• 电磁振荡diàn cí zhèn dàngelectromagnetic oscillation
• 梁振英Liáng Zhèn yīngLeung Chun-ying (1954-), 3rd Chief Executive of Hong Kong

Characters built on 辰

These share the phonetic component 辰 (chén), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 震zhènto shake; to vibrate; to jolt
• 晨chénmorning; dawn; daybreak
• 娠shēnpregnant
• 宸chénimperial apartments
• 蜃shèngiant clam; (mythology) clam-monster said to breathe out a vapor that forms a mirage of…
• 赈zhènto provide relief; to aid

Characters that look like 振

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
• 推tuīto push; to cut; to refuse
• 掘juéto dig
• 捧pěngto hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of…
• 捂wǔto enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair)
• 堀kūcave; hole

Sounds the same

Read zhèn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 阵disposition of troops; wave; spate
• 震to shake; to vibrate; to jolt
• 镇to press down; to calm; to subdue
• 朕(used by an emperor or king) I; me; we (royal "we"); (literary) omen
• 圳(dialect) drainage ditch between fields (Taiwan pr. zùn); used in place names, notably 深圳
• 赈to provide relief; to aid
• 鸩legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison; poisonous; to poison sb
• 眹pupil
• 揕to hit; to thrust
• 酖poisonous; to poison
• 瑱jade weight
• 鎭old variant of 镇