zhèn

HSK 7–9

震 (zhèn) is a Chinese word meaning “to shake; to vibrate; to jolt”.

Meanings

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

Related words

震惊to shock地震earthquake震撼to shake震动to shake脑震荡(med.) cerebral concussion震荡to shake up震荡to vibrate震慑to awe; to intimidate余震earthquake aftershock震怒to be furious震颤to tremble震耳欲聋ear-splitting (idiom); deafening

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