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震 meaning in English

zhèn

to shake; to vibrate

HSK 7-9verb15 strokes

Meaning of 震

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zhèn
  1. to shake
  2. to vibrate
  3. to jolt
  4. to quake
  5. excited
  6. shocked
  7. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder
  8. ☳

震 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ感gǎn觉jué到dào我wǒ的de手shǒu在zài震zhèn动dòng
I felt my hands tremble.
地dì震zhèn随suí时shí都dōu可kě能néng发fā生shēng。
An earthquake can happen at any time.
今jīn天tiān早zǎo上shàng发fā生shēng了le地dì震zhèn。
There was an earthquake this morning.
就jiù在zài他tā要yào出chū门mén的de时shí候hòu，发fā生shēng了le强qiáng震zhèn。
Just as he was going out, there was a great earthquake.
我wǒ感gǎn觉jué到dào地dì震zhèn了le。
I felt the earth shake.

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震 zhèn · to shake · 15 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 震.

震惊zhènjīngto shock; to astonish
地震dìzhènearthquake
震撼zhènhànto shake; to shock
震动zhèndòngto shake; to vibrate
脑震荡nǎozhèndàng(med.) cerebral concussion
震荡zhèndàngto shake up; to jolt
威震wēizhènto inspire awe
震颤zhènchànto tremble; to quiver

Questions about 震

What does 震 mean?

震 (zhèn) means "to shake; to vibrate" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 震?

震 is made of 1 character: 震 (15 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 震 an HSK word?

Yes. 震 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

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