Chinese Conversation · Level 52
90 words
Chinese word
震动
Pronunciation
Pinyinzhèn dòng
Meaning
- verbvibrate
Example
我手机在震动，我去看看。wǒ shǒu jī zài zhèn dòng wǒ qù kàn kàn
My phone is vibrating, so I'll go check.
More examples
地面开始震动，大家赶快撤离。dì miàn kāi shǐ zhèn dòng dà jiā gǎn kuài chè lí
The ground started shaking, so everyone quickly evacuated.
Core concept
Rapid, small back-and-forth movement caused by force or activity inside an object or body.
Common phrases
手机震动shǒu jī zhèn dòng
phone vibrates
地面震动dì miàn zhèn dòng
ground shakes
震动起来zhèn dòng qǐ lái
start vibrating
Similar words
抖动dǒu dòng: To shake in short, small bursts, either briefly or at intervals.
颤抖chàn dǒu: To tremble in tiny, repeated movements from cold, fear, or another strong feeling.
摇晃yáo huàng: To rock slowly and widely from side to side or back and forth, often seeming unsteady.
摆动bǎi dòng: To move back and forth in a regular swing around a fixed point or axis.
Definition in Chinese
表示物体或人体由于外力或内部运动而来回快速地微小移动，常指机械或局部的振动。biǎo shì wù tǐ huò rén tǐ yóu yú wài lì huò nèi bù yùn dòng ér lái huí kuài sù dì wēi xiǎo yí dòng cháng zhǐ jī xiè huò jú bù de zhèn dòng
Word origin
震动 (zhèndòng, "vibrate") combines 震 (zhèn, "shake") with 动 (dòng, "move"), narrowing the idea of movement to repeated shaking.
Usage tips
- Phone alerts provide a common everyday setting for this word because the device can signal a message through motion instead of sound.
Other meanings
- vibrationnoun
- shakeverb
Opposites
- 静止jìng zhǐremain stillverb
- 停止tíng zhǐstopverb
Related words
- 震动器zhèn dòng qìvibration devicenoun
- 震动频率zhèn dòng pín lǜvibration frequencynoun
- 震动强度zhèn dòng qiáng dùvibration intensitynoun