Chinese symbol for “vibrate”
震荡
zhèn dàng
Traditional: 震蕩
to vibrate; to shake; to shudder
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vibrate is 震荡 (zhèn dàng), defined as: to vibrate; to shake; to shudder.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “vibrate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 振动 (振動) | zhèn dòng | to vibrate; to shake |
| 颤动 (顫動) | chàn dòng | to vibrate; to quiver |
| 震动 (震動) | zhèn dòng | to shake; to vibrate |
| 震 | zhèn | to shake; to vibrate |
| 振 | zhèn | to shake; to flap |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 震荡.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地震 | dì zhèn | earthquake |
| 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 |
| 动荡 (動盪) | dòng dàng | variant of 动荡 (dòng dàng) |
| 荡妇 (蕩婦) | dàng fù | prostitute; floozy; slut |
| 淫荡 (淫蕩) | yín dàng | loose in morals; lascivious |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vibrate”.
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.