# 地震 (dìzhèn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 地震 (dìzhèn) means “earthquake”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: earthquake
- Pinyin: dìzhèn (di4 zhen4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 昨天这里发生了小地震。
  Zuótiān zhèlǐ fāshēngle xiǎo dìzhèn.
  A minor earthquake occurred here yesterday.

## Characters

- [地](https://hanziro.com/word/de-adverbial-marker/) (de): (particle) adverbial marker
- [震](https://hanziro.com/word/zhen-shake/) (zhèn): to shake; to vibrate

https://hanziro.com/word/di-zhen-earthquake/

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