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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 地震

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
地震 dì zhèn - earthquake

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 5 4,125 3,753 4,376

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
de- -ly
- structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- earth
- ground
- field
- place
- land
- CL:片[pian4]
zhèn- to shake
- to vibrate
- to jolt
- to quake
- excited
- shocked
- one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder
- ☳

Other Words Containing 地震

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
地震 5 5 4,125 3,753 4,376
地震波 - - 48,974 71,889 -
地震仪 - - 49,118 - 105,189
地震学 - - 49,201 - -