地震
dìzhèn
earthquake
Characters in this word
震 zhèn
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 雨 — rain
- Made of
- 雨 rain 辰 early morning
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 昨天地震了。 Zuótiān dìzhèn le. There was an earthquake yesterday.
- 地震很可怕。 Dìzhèn hěn kěpà. Earthquakes are very scary.
- 我怕地震。 Wǒ pà dìzhèn. I am afraid of earthquakes.
Related words
- 地 de particle linking an adverbial to a verb (-ly)
- 地 dì ground, earth; place
- 地点 dìdiǎn place, location
- 地方 dìfang place
- 地上 dìshang on the ground, on the floor
- 地图 dìtú map
- 草地 cǎodì grassland; lawn
- 地球 dìqiú Earth
- 地铁 dìtiě subway
- 地铁站 dìtiězhàn subway station
- 外地 wàidì another place; out of town
- 当地 dāngdì local