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地震

dì zhèn
HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 5

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Definitions

  1. 1. earthquake

Example Sentences

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我怕 地震
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 334322)

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Words Containing 地震

中源地震
zhōng yuán dì zhèn

medium depth earthquake (with epicenter 70-300 km deep)

地震烈度
dì zhèn liè dù

earthquake intensity (measure of its destructive power)

中国地震台网
zhōng guó dì zhèn tái wǎng

China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), the information hub of the China Earthquake Administration 中國地震局|中国地震局[zhōng guó dì zhèn jú]

四川大地震
sì chuān dà dì zhèn

Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)

环太平洋地震带
huán tài píng yáng dì zhèn dài

Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt)

地震中
dì zhèn zhōng

earthquake epicenter

地震带
dì zhèn dài

seismic zone

地震区
dì zhèn qū

seismic zone

陕西大地震
shǎn xī dà dì zhèn

the great Shaanxi earthquake of 2nd February 1556 that killed 830,000 people

地震局
dì zhèn jú

earthquake bureau

关东地震
guān dōng dì zhèn

Kantō earthquake of 1923, magnitude 8.2, that killed 200,000 people in the Tokyo area

深源地震
shēn yuán dì zhèn

deep earthquake (with epicenter more than 300 km deep)

浅源地震
qiǎn yuán dì zhèn

shallow earthquake (with epicenter less than 70 km deep)

汶川地震
wèn chuān dì zhèn

Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)

地震仪
dì zhèn yí

seismometer

群发性地震
qún fā xìng dì zhèn

earthquake swarm

汶川大地震
wèn chuān dà dì zhèn

Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)

地震学家
dì zhèn xué jiā

seismologist

国家地震局
guó jiā dì zhèn jú

China Earthquake Administration (CEA)

地震学
dì zhèn xué

seismology

唐山大地震
táng shān dà dì zhèn

Great Tangshan Earthquake (1976)

地震活动带
dì zhèn huó dòng dài

seismic zone

地震波
dì zhèn bō

seismic wave

中国地震局
zhōng guó dì zhèn jú

China Earthquake Administration (CEA)