震 (zan3) — be greatly excited; be deeply astonished in Cantonese
zan˗₃震Mandarin Pinyin: zhen4
Meaning of 震
nounbe greatly excited; be deeply astonished
nounshake; quake; shock; vibrate
nounone of the Eight Trigrams (八卦), symbolizing thunder
Example Sentences with 震
keoiˏ₅佢dukˍ₆讀ganˊ²緊deiˍ₆地zanˍ₆震hok6.學。
He is studying seismology.
niˉ¹呢bunˊ²本syuˉ¹書gongˊ²講deiˍ₆地zanˍ₆震hok6.學。
This book is about seismology.
deiˍ₆地zanˍ₆震hokˍ₆學houˊ²好naanˎ₄難hok6.學。
Seismology is hard to learn.
keoiˏ₅佢haiˍ₆係deiˍ₆地zanˍ₆震hokˍ₆學zyunˉ¹專gaa1.家。
He is a seismology expert.
ngoˏ₅我soengˊ²想hokˍ₆學deiˍ₆地zanˍ₆震hok6.學。
I want to study seismology.
Words Containing 震
震揗揗zan3 tan4 tan4
to shake; to tremble
震懾zan3 sip3
frighten; overawe; intimidate; deter
揗揗震tan4 tan2 zan3
shiver/shudder from cold or fear
地震活動dei6 zan3 wut6 dung6
seismic activity
地震學dei6 zan3 hok6
seismology; science of earthquakes
手揗腳震sau2 tan4 goek3 zan3
shake with fear; shudder from fear
地震圖dei6 zan3 tou4
seismogram
震盪zan3 dong6
to shake; to shock; to vibrate; to quake
打冷震daa2 laang5 zan3
to shiver
地震學家dei6 zan3 hok6 gaa1
seismologist; earthquake scientist
手震sau2 zan3
suffer from shaky hands
歐陽震華au1 joeng4 zan3 waa4
Bobby Au-yeung Tsan-wah, a Hong Kong Actor
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