Dictionary/震

震

震 zhèn

ㄓㄣˋ
VHSK 7-9
1to shake
2to vibrate
3to jolt
4to quake
5excited
6shocked
7one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing thunder
8☳

Characters

Examples

ruò若yǒu有dà dì大地zhèn震,fáng wū房屋huì会dǎo tā倒塌ya呀!
若有大地震,房屋会倒塌呀!
If there's a big earthquake, the house could really collapse!
一条主要水管被地震震裂了。
The water mains burst due to the earthquake.
印度昨天发生了一场大地震。
A big earthquake occurred in India yesterday.

See also: words & characters pronounced zhèn