Chinese Vocabulary
地震
earthquake
地震
dìzhèn4th tone
- Pinyin
- dìzhèn
- Strokes
- 21
- In episodes
- 3
Stroke order for 地震
地震 is written with 21 strokes (地: 6, 震: 15). The animation replays automatically.
Usage
发生了很大的地震 = a very large earthquake struck.
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地震 appears in 3 Fluentide podcast episodes at natural native speed — each with the full Chinese script, pinyin, and line-by-line English translation.
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia. Under the rubble, someone shouted: 'There's a baby down here.'地震 spoken at natural speedeasyA 7.4-magnitude earthquake in western Colombia brought down buildings; a buried man's first words were: 'There's a baby with me.'地震 spoken at natural speedmediumA magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit western Colombia and buildings collapsed. A trapped man said: 'There's a baby with me.'地震 spoken at natural speedbeginner
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