震動

See also: 震动

Chinese

		shake; shock; sign in trigram	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (震動)		震	動
simp. (震动)		震	动

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèndòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan³ dung⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́n-thung
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chín-tǒng / chìn-tōng / chín-tōng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zing² dong⁶ / zêng² dong⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèndòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèndòng
    • Wade–Giles: chên⁴-tung⁴
    • Yale: jèn-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenndonq
    • Palladius: чжэньдун (čžɛnʹdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 振動／振动 震動／震动

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zan³ dung⁶
    • Yale: jan duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan³ dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen³ dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn³³ tʊŋ²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 振動／振动 震動／震动

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́n-thung
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziin^ˋ tung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zin³ tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn³¹ tʰuŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chín-tǒng
    • Tâi-lô: tsín-tǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìn-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: tsìn-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciendong
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chín-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: tsín-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cyndong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zing² dong⁶ / zêng² dong⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsíng tŏng / tséng tŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ toŋ³⁵/, /t͡seŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ toŋ³⁵/

Note:

• zing2 dong6 - Shantou;
• zêng2 dong6 - Jieyang.

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• Middle Chinese: tsyinH duwngX

Rime
Character	震	動
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	章刃切	徒揔切
Baxter	tsyinH	duwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪnH/	/duŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕinH/	/duŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjenH/	/duŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cinH/	/dəwŋX/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiĕnH/	/duŋX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭĕnH/	/duŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ĕnH/	/dʱuŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhèn	dòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zan3	dung6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tər-s  [Cə-m-]tˤoŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjɯn  doːŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	震	動
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhèn	dòng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyinH ›	‹ duwngX ›
Old Chinese	/*tər-s/	/*[Cə-m-]tˁoŋʔ/
English	clap of thunder	move
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	震	動
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1367	17449
Phonetic component	辰	重
Rime group	文	東
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	震	動
Old Chinese	/*tjɯn/	/*doːŋʔ/

Verb

震動 (ergative)

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

Synonyms

• (to shake): 震 (zhèn)
• (to be shocked):

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• 吃一驚／吃一惊 (chīyījīng)
• 吃驚／吃惊 (chījīng)
• 嚇一跳／吓一跳 (xiàyītiào)
• 大吃一驚／大吃一惊 (dàchīyījīng)
• 著驚／著惊 (Hakka, Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 震驚／震惊 (zhènjīng)
• 食驚／食惊 (Hokkien)
• 驚嚇／惊吓 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 驚愕／惊愕 (jīng'è)
• 驚懾／惊慑 (Quanzhou Hokkien)

 

• (to be excited):

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• 受刺激 (shòu cìjī)
• 激動／激动 (jīdòng)
• 衝動／冲动 (chōngdòng)
• 震 (literary, or in compounds)

 

Noun

震動

1. vibration; quake

See also

• 振動／振动 (zhèndòng)

References

• “Entry #54619”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.