震 (zan3 | zhen4) : shake; quake; greatly excited

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震

zan3

zhen4

[1] [v] shake; quake; shock; vibrate
[2] [v] be greatly excited; be deeply astonished
[3] [n] one of the Eight Trigrams (八卦), symbolizing thunder

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Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: (#173)

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

震

This word has been viewed 8741 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 25th Feb 2011 14:33

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地震 dei6 zan3 di4 zhen4 = earthquake

搞搞震 gaau2 gaau2 zan3 gao3 gao3 zhen4 = to horse around 粵

震驚 zan3 ging1 zhen4 jing1 = to shock; to astonish

震蕩 zan3 dong6 zhen4 dang4 = to vibrate

震動 zan3 dung6 zhen4 dong4 = to shake; a shock

揗揗震 tan4 tan4*2 zan3 = shiver from cold or fear 粵

大地震 daai6 dei6 zan3 da4 di4 zhen4 = great earthquake

地震學家 dei6 zan3 hok6 gaa1 di4 zhen4 xue2 jia1 = seismologist; earthquake scientist

地震學 dei6 zan3 hok6 di4 zhen4 xue2 = seismology; science of earthquakes

打冷震 daa2 laang5 zan3 = to shiver; to have an orgasm 粵
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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 震
Unicode code for this character: U+9707 (off-site link)

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