Chinese symbol for “earthquake”
地震
dì zhèn
earthquake
The closest CC-CEDICT match for earthquake is 地震 (dì zhèn), defined as: earthquake.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “earthquake”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地动 (地動) | dì dòng | earthquake (old term) |
| 地牛翻身 | dì niú fān shēn | (Tw) (coll.) earthquake (According to a folk tale, earthquakes are caused by the occasional movements of an ox that lives under the earth.) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 地震.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地区 (地區) | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system) |
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
| 当地 (當地) | dāng dì | local |
| 土地 | tǔ dì | land; soil |
| 震惊 (震驚) | zhèn jīng | to shock; to astonish |
| 震撼 | zhèn hàn | to shake; to shock |
| 震动 (震動) | zhèn dòng | to shake; to vibrate |
| 震荡 (震盪) | zhèn dàng | to shake up; to jolt |
See also: Japanese symbol for “earthquake”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.