震動

简 震动 · 繁 震動
Mandarin · pinyin zhèn dòng

Meanings

  1. to shake
  2. to vibrate
  3. to strongly affect
  4. shock
  5. vibration
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Characters in this entry

震
zhèn · shake, quake, tremor; excite; trigram ☳; hexagram ䷲
動
dòng · move, happen; movement, action
动
dòng · move, happen; movement, action
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4–4 · zhen4 dong4

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zan3 dung6

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verb

  1. (ergative) to shake; to vibrate; to quake
  2. (literary) to shock
  3. (literary) to excite

noun

  1. (ergative) vibration; quake

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