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镇 zhèn

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镇 zhèn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhèn | zhen4
English translation
to press down
to calm
to subdue
to suppress
to guard
garrison
small town
to cool or chill (food or drinks)
calm, composed; to control, to suppress

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About 镇 zhèn

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

鎮 zhèn

Contains the radical

钅 jīn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

metal

Etymology of 镇 zhèn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰钅真

Semantic compound

钅 jīn

Phonetic compound

真 zhēn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 jīn represents the meaning and 真 zhēn represents the sound. Simplified form of 鎮 zhèn .

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Example sentences using 镇 zhèn

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他们 tā men 窜 cuàn 过 Guò 边界 biānjiè 上 shǎng 的 de 村镇 cūn zhèn , 剥人头皮 tóu pí ,把 bǎ 一家 yī jiā 一家人 yī jiā rén 杀死 shā sǐ .

Slipping past the frontier towns, they were scalping and killing whole families.

村庄 cūn zhuāng 座落 zuò luò 在 zài 城镇 chéng zhèn 之 zhī 东 Dōng 十五 shí wǔ 哩 lī 处 chǔ .

The village is 15 miles east of the town.

我 wǒ 今天 jīntiān 上午 shàngwǔ 在 zài 镇上碰到 pèng dào 了 le 过去 guòqu 教过我 wǒ 的 de 老师 lǎoshī .

I knocked into my old teacher in the town this morning.

这个 zhè ge 小镇 xiǎo zhèn 已 yǐ 划 huá 作 zuò 商业区 shāng yè qū .

This small town has been zoned as a shopping area.

镇 zhèn 与 yú 镇 zhèn 之间 zhī jiān 相隔 xiāng gé 五 wǔ 英里 Yīng lǐ .

There is a gap of five miles between towns.

Words with 镇 zhèn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
镇 zhèn to calm鎮 zhèn
城镇 chéng zhèn town城鎮
小镇 xiǎo zhèn small town小鎮
乡镇 xiāngzhèn village鄉鎮
镇定 zhèndìng calm鎮定
镇静 zhènjìng calm鎮靜
镇压 zhèn yā suppression鎮壓
镇静剂 zhèn jìng jì tranquilizer鎮靜劑
镇长 zhèn zhǎng town headman鎮長
镇痛 zhèn tòng analgesic鎮痛
村镇 cūn zhèn hamlet (place)村鎮
坐镇 zuò zhèn to oversee坐鎮
城镇化 chéng zhèn huà urbanization城鎮化
镇江 Zhèn jiāng Zhenjiang prefecture level city in Jiangsu鎮江
冰镇 bīng zhèn iced冰鎮
集镇 jí zhèn town集鎮
景德镇 Jǐng dé zhèn Jingdezhen prefecture-level city in Jiangxi province 江西 Jiāng xī , famous for porcelain景德鎮
重镇 zhòng zhèn strategic town重鎮
市镇 shì zhèn small town市鎮
镇守 zhèn shǒu to protect鎮守
镇住 zhèn zhù to dominate鎮住
镇海 Zhèn hǎi Zhenhai district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市 Níng bō shì [Níng​bō​shì], Zhejiang鎮海

镇 zhèn Decomposition & Compounds

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镇 zhèn Decomposition

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