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震

zhèn

HSK 5 Character

What 震 means

1. to shake
2. to vibrate
3. to jolt
4. to quake
5. excited
6. shocked
7. one of the Eight Trigrams {八卦|bā guà}, symbolizing thunder
8. ☳

Example sentences

• 我怕地震。
  I'm afraid of earthquakes.
• 他们震惊了。
  They were surprised.
• 我们都很震惊。
  We were all pretty shocked.
• 这让我感到震惊！
  Zhè ràng wǒ gǎndào zhènjīng!
  It shocked me!
• 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.

Words starting with 震

• 震惊zhèn jīngto shock; to astonish
• 震撼zhèn hànto shake; to shock; to stun
• 震动zhèn dòngto shake; to vibrate; to strongly affect
• 震荡zhèn dàngto shake up; to jolt; to vibrate
• 震耳欲聋zhèn ěr yù lóngear-splitting (idiom); deafening
• 震慑zhèn shèto awe; to intimidate
• 震颤zhèn chànto tremble; to quiver
• 震怒zhèn nùto be furious
• 震中zhèn zhōngearthquake epicenter
• 震区zhèn qūearthquake area
• 震央zhèn yāngearthquake epicenter (Tw)
• 震情zhèn qíngcircumstances of an earthquake
• 震感zhèn gǎntremors (from an earthquake)
• 震旦Zhèn dànancient Indian name for China
• 震波zhèn bōseismic wave
• 震源zhèn yuánepicenter (of earthquake); hypocenter
• 震灾zhèn zāidisastrous earthquake
• 震级zhèn jídegree of earthquake (on magnitude scale)
• 震耳zhèn ěrear-splitting
• 震蛋zhèn dànlove egg (sex toy)
• 震觉zhèn juéperception of tremor
• 震音zhèn yīn(music) tremolo
• 震响zhèn xiǎngtrembling sound; vibration
• 震动棒zhèn dòng bàngvibrator (sex toy)

Words containing 震

• 地震dì zhènearthquake
• 张震Zhāng ZhènChang Chen (1976-), Taiwanese film actor
• 王震Wáng ZhènWang Zhen (1908-1993), Chinese political figure
• 脑震荡nǎo zhèn dàng(med.) cerebral concussion
• 威震wēi zhènto inspire awe
• 余震yú zhènearthquake aftershock
• 强震qiáng zhènpowerful earthquake; abbr. for 强烈地震
• 抗震kàng zhènanti-seismic measures; seismic defenses; earthquake resistant
• 减震jiǎn zhènshock absorption; damping
• 爆震bào zhènknocking (fault in internal combustion engine)
• 群震qún zhènearthquake swarm
• 车震chē zhènto have car sex
• 防震fáng zhènshockproof; to guard against earthquakes
• 电震diàn zhèn(Hong Kong) electric shock; electroshock
• 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
• 减震器jiǎn zhèn qìshock-absorber
• 中源地震zhōng yuán dì zhènmedium depth earthquake (with epicenter 70-300 km deep)
• 地震学家dì zhèn xué jiāseismologist; earthquake scientist
• 地震烈度dì zhèn liè dùearthquake intensity (measure of its destructive power)

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.

• 振zhènto shake; to flap; to vibrate
• 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 震

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

• 霍huò(literary) suddenly
• 霉méimold; mildew; to become moldy
• 篡cuànto seize; to usurp
• 裳shangused in 衣裳
• 冀jì(literary) to hope for
• 蕙huìCoumarouna odorata

Sounds the same

Read zhèn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 阵disposition of troops; wave; spate
• 振to shake; to flap; to vibrate
• 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