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阵

zhèn

HSK 5 Character Traditional 陣

What 阵 means

1. disposition of troops
2. wave
3. spate
4. burst
5. spell
6. short period of time
7. classifier for events or states of short duration

Example sentences

• 这一阵我很忙！
  Zhè yīzhèn wǒ hěn máng!
  I am very busy these days.
• 我的胃偶尔会阵痛。
  Wǒ de wèi ǒu'ěr huì zhèntòng.
  I have occasional pains in the stomach.
• 詹姆士遇上了阵雨。
  Zhān mǔ shì yù shàng le zhènyǔ.
  James was caught in a shower.
• 明天天气晴转阵雨。
  Míngtiān tiānqì qíng zhuǎn zhènyǔ.
  Tomorrow's weather should be sunny with occasional rain.
• 许多士兵在这里阵亡。
  Xǔduō shìbīng zài zhèlǐ zhènwáng.
  A lot of soldiers were killed here.
• 我好一阵子没看到你了。
  Wǒ hǎo yīzhènzi méi kàn dào nǐ le.
  I haven't seen you for a while.

Words starting with 阵

• 阵地zhèn dì(military) position; front
• 阵容zhèn róngtroop arrangement; battle formation; lineup (of a sports team etc)
• 阵营zhèn yínggroup of people; camp; faction
• 阵亡zhèn wángto die in battle
• 阵势zhèn shìbattle array; disposition of forces; situation
• 阵痛zhèn tònglabor pains; (fig.) distress caused by a disruptive change
• 阵线zhèn xiàna front (militant group); line of battle; alignment (towards a political party etc)
• 阵雨zhèn yǔshower (rain)
• 阵风zhèn fēnggust
• 阵型zhèn xíngformation (of a sports team, troops etc)
• 阵列zhèn liè(computing) array (data structure); (hardware) array…
• 阵子zhèn ziperiod of time
• 阵亡者zhèn wáng zhěpeople killed in battle
• 阵痛期zhèn tòng qītrying times; painful phase
• 阵亡战士纪念日zhèn wáng zhàn shì jì niàn rìMemorial Day (American holiday)

Words containing 阵

• 一阵子yī zhèn zia while; a spell; a short time
• 上阵shàng zhènto go into battle
• 助阵zhù zhènto cheer; to root for
• 矩阵jǔ zhènarray; matrix (math.)
• 对阵duì zhèn(of armies) to face each other, ready for battle; (sports) (of two teams) to play against…
• 那阵子nà zhèn ziat that time; then
• 方阵fāng zhènsquare-shaped formation (military); phalanx; (math) matrix
• 这阵子zhè zhèn zinow; at present; at this juncture
• 临阵lín zhènjust before the battle; to approach the front line
• 冲锋陷阵chōng fēng xiàn zhèn(idiom) to charge into battle; (fig.) to be on the front lines
• 雷阵雨léi zhèn yǔthundershower
• 叫阵jiào zhènto challenge an opponent to a fight
• 压阵yā zhènto bring up the rear; to provide support; to hold the lines
• 败阵bài zhènto be defeated on the battlefield; to be beaten in a contest
• 疑阵yí zhèna diversion; a feint attack to mislead the enemy
• 缺阵quē zhèn(sports) to miss a game (due to injury, suspension etc); to sit out a match
• 军阵jūn zhènbattle formation
• 迷阵mí zhènmaze
• 达阵dá zhèntouchdown; try (sports)
• 那阵nà zhènat that time; then
• 点阵diǎn zhènlattice; dot matrix; bitmap
• 巨石阵jù shí zhèngiant stone arrangement; Stonehenge
• 打头阵dǎ tóu zhènto take the lead
• 烟花阵yān huā zhènbrothel (esp. in Yuan theater)

Characters built on 车

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

• 轫rènbrake
• 轸zhěnsquare; strongly (as of emotion)

Characters that look like 阵

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

• 阶jiērank or step; stairs
• 阻zǔto hinder; to block; to obstruct
• 陈chén(bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display; (bound form) to narrate; to state…
• 纬wěilatitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft
• 沛pèicopious; abundant
• 陇Lǒngshort name for Gansu 甘肃

Sounds the same

Read zhèn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 振to shake; to flap; to vibrate
• 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