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震: to shake

By April 5, 2016December 9th, 2016Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

震 zhèn

noun
: to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; to tremor
: excited; shocked
: one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing thunder; ☳

Kun Reading

震い | ふるい furui

noun
: shaking; ague; trembling; shivering

震う | ふるう furuu

godan verb with u ending
: to shake; to tremble; to vibrate

震え | ふるえ furue

noun
: shivering; trembling

震れる | ふれる fureru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to swing; to shake; to wave
: to veer; to deflect; to lean towards

震える | ふるえる furueru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

震わす | ふるわす furuwasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate

On Reading

震 | しん shin

noun
: zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)

Usage:

震動[动] zhen4dong4: to shake; to vibrate; to strongly affect; shock; vibration
[震動 | しんどう shindou: shock; tremor; impact]
震驚[惊] zhen4jing: to shock; to astonish
震蕩[荡] zhen4dang4: to vibrate; to shake; to shudder
[震蕩 | しんとう shintou: shock; impact; concussion]
震撼 zhen4han4: to shake; to vibrate; to shock; to stun; shocking; stunning; fig. mind-blowing[震撼 | しんかん shinkan: shake]
震懾[慑] zhen4she4: to awe; to intimidate
地震 di4zhen4: earthquake [じしん jishin OR ない nai / なえ nae: earthquake]

地震波 di4zhen4 bo1: seismic wave [じしんは jishinha]

強[强]震 qiang2zhen4: powerful earthquake; abbr. for 强烈地震
[強震 | きょうしん kyoushin: severe earthquake]
抗震 kang4zhen4: anti-seismic measures; seismic defenses; earthquake resistant



Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
*震天動地 | しんてんどうち shinten douchi
: (yoji) earth-shaking

震い付く | ふるいつく furuitsuku: to hug

震え上がる | ふるえあがる furue agaru
: to tremble violently; to shudder up

震駭させる | しんがいさせる shingai saseru
: to frighten; to terrify; to shock

淡路大震災 | あわじだいしんさい awaji daishinsai
: Great Kobe earthquake of 1995 (the epicenter was located on Awaji island)

東北地方太平洋沖地震 | とうほくちほうたいへいようおきじしん
touhoku chihou taihei youoki jishin
: Tohoku earthquake (March 11, 2011); Sendai Earthquake; Great East Japan Earthquake

地震雷火事親父 | じしんかみなりかじおやじ jishin kaminari kaji oyaji
: earthquakes, thunder, fires, and fathers (as a list of things that are generally feared)



Chinese common word | expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
*震天動地 [震天动地] zhen4 tian1 dong4 di4
: to shake heaven and earth

震耳欲聾 [震耳欲聋] zhen4 er3 yu4 long2
: ear-splitting; deafening

哭聲震天 [哭声震天] ku1 sheng1 zhen4 tian1
: lit. cries of grief shake the heavens; great sorrow

敲山震虎 qiao1 shan1 zhen4 hu3
: a deliberate show of strength as a warning

聲名大震 [声名大震] sheng1 ming2 da4 zhen4
: to create a sensation

川震 chuan1zhen4: Sichuan great earthquake, the magnitude 8 earthquake of May 2008 at Wenchuan 汶川, Sichuan, that killed more than 80,000 people; same as 四川大地震

陝西大地震 [陕西大地震] shan3 xi1 da4 di4 zhen4
: the great Shaanxi earthquake of 2nd February 1556 that killed 830,000 people

Etymology:
形声 Pictophonetic.
(yu3: rain radical 173) suggests the meaning while
(chen2: early morning; 5th terrestrial branch) provides the sound.



Examples:

日本は地震が多い。
にほんはじしんがおおい nihon wa jishin ga ooi
There are many earthquakes in Japan.

 

汽車停止時震動了一下。
qi4che1 ting2zhi3 shi2 zhen4dong4 le yi1xia4
The car stopped with a jolt.

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary