地震

Chinese

 
earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
 shake; shock; sign in trigram
simp. and trad.
(地震)		 地 震

Pronunciation

Noun

地震

  1. earthquake
    地震活動 / 地震活动  ―  dìzhèn huódòng  ―  seismic activity
    臺灣發生地震了。 / 台湾发生地震了。  ―  Táiwān fāshēng dìzhèn le.  ―  There was an earthquake in Taiwan.
    發生了大地震，大陸及港、澳、台三地藝人為了救災共襄盛舉，舉辦了多場演唱會。 [MSC, trad.]
    发生了大地震，大陆及港、澳、台三地艺人为了救灾共襄盛举，举办了多场演唱会。 [MSC, simp.]
    Fāshēng le dà dìzhèn, dàlù jí gǎng, ào, tái sān dì yìrén wèile jiùzāi gòngxiāngshèngjǔ, jǔbàn le duō chǎng yǎnchànghuì. [Pinyin]
    After the major earthquake, artists from the Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan all worked together to perform several concerts to collect funds for disaster relief.

Synonyms

  • (dialectal) 地動／地动 (dìdòng)
  • (Min Nan) 塗牛翻身／涂牛翻身, 地牛翻身

Derived terms

See also

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
地 震
じ
Grade: 2		 しん
Grade: S
on’yomi

/disin/ > /zisin/. Literally "ground shake".

Pronunciation

Noun

地震 (hiragana じしん, rōmaji jishin, historical hiragana ぢしん)

  1. shaking of the earth; an earthquake
See also

Etymology 2

/nawi/ > /nai/. Japanese loses labialization before non-open vowels.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nai]

Noun

地震 (hiragana ない, rōmaji nai, historical hiragana なゐ)

  1. (obsolete) an earthquake
    • 720, Nihon Shoki (year 415)
      五年秋七月丙子朔己丑、地震。先是、命葛城襲津彦之孫玉田宿禰、主瑞齒別天皇之殯。則當地震夕、遣尾張連吾襲、察殯宮之消息。時諸人悉聚無闕。
    • 1212, Hōjōki
      また、同じころかとよ、おびたゝしく大地震ふること侍き。[...] 恐れのなかに恐るべかりけるは、只地震なりけりとこそ覺え侍しか。[...] よのつね、驚くほどの地震、二三十度ふらぬ日はなし。

Etymology 3

/nawi/ > /nai/ > /nae/. Middle Japanese /e/ was realized as [je], hence the below citation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nae]

Noun

地震 (hiragana なえ, rōmaji nae)

  1. an earthquake
    • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 455)
      Naye. ナエ(地震) 地震. Nayega yuru. (地震が揺る) 地震がする.

References

Korean

Hanja in this term
地震

Noun

地震 • (jijin) (hangeul 지진)

  1. Hanja form? of 지진 (“earthquake”).
  1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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