镇 zhèn
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 真 real, actual, true, genuine
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
镇定
zhèndìng
calm; composed; to calm down
Characters in this word
定 dìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 疋 roll, bolt of cloth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 火警响起时，她表现得异常镇定，迅速组织老人和孩子先行撤离。 Huǒjǐng xiǎngqǐ shí, tā biǎoxiàn de yìcháng zhèndìng, xùnsù zǔzhī lǎorén hé háizi xiānxíng chèlí. When the fire alarm sounded, she remained unusually calm and quickly organised the elderly and children to evacuate first.
- 面对突如其来的问题，他依然十分镇定。 Miànduì tūrúqílái de wèntí, tā yīrán shífēn zhèndìng. Faced with a sudden problem, he remained very composed.
- 深呼吸几下，就能让自己镇定下来。 Shēn hūxī jǐ xià, jiù néng ràng zìjǐ zhèndìng xiàlái. Take a few deep breaths, and you can calm yourself down.
Related words
- 城镇 chéngzhèn town, small city
- 镇 zhèn to guard; town
- 镇静 zhènjìng calm; composed; to calm down
- 不一定 bùyídìng not necessarily
- 一定 yídìng definitely; certainly
- 定期 dìngqī regular; at regular times
- 否定 fǒudìng to negate; to reject
- 规定 guīdìng rule
- 决定 juédìng to decide; decision
- 确定 quèdìng to be sure; to decide
- 制定 zhìdìng to make; to draw up
- 定 dìng to decide; to book