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震荡

zhèn dàng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 震盪

震荡 (zhèn dàng) means "to shake up; to jolt; to vibrate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 震荡 means

1. to shake up
2. to jolt
3. to vibrate
4. to oscillate
5. to fluctuate

Other readings

震荡 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhèn dàngto vibrate; to shake; to shudder

The characters in 震荡

• 震zhènto shake; to vibrate; to jolt
• 荡dàngto wash; to squander; to sweep away

Example sentences

• 汤姆感觉手机震荡了。
  Tāng mǔ gǎnjué shǒujī zhèndàng le.
  Tom felt his phone vibrate.

Words containing 震荡

• 脑震荡nǎo zhèn dàng(med.) cerebral concussion

Sounds the same

Read zhèn dàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 振荡vibration; oscillation

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