鎮 (zan3 | zhen4) : town; guard; calm

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鎮

zan3

zhen4

[1] town; township; trading centre
[2] guard; garrison; garrison post
[3] calm; tranquil; sedate
[4] suppress; repress; subdue
[5] [v] cool with cold water or ice

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 18

Level: 3

Radical: (#167)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

鎮 / 镇

This word has been viewed 8527 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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鎮痛 zan3 tung3 zhen4 tong4 = to relieve pain

鎮定 zan3 ding6 zhen4 ding4 = calm, in control

鎮靜 zan3 zing6 zhen4 jing4 = calm; cool

鎮壓 zan3 aat3 zhen4 ya1 = to suppress

城鎮 sing4 zan3 cheng2 zhen4 = cities and towns; urban areas; a town

冰鎮 bing1 zan3 bing1 zhen4 = iced

村鎮 cyun1 zan3 cun1 zhen4 = villages and small towns

市鎮 si5 zan3 shi4 zhen4 = a town

重鎮 zung6 zan3 zhong4 zhen4 = strategic post

紙鎮 zi2 zan3 zhi3 zhen4 = paper weight
See all 67 compounds (CantoDict reports 69 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 鎮
Unicode code for this character: U+93ae (off-site link)

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