震災

震災

See also: 震灾

Chinese

		shake; shock; sign in trigram	disaster; calamity
trad. (震災)		震	災
simp. (震灾)		震	灾

Etymology

From Japanese 震災 (しんさい) (shinsai).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhènzāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ ㄗㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan³ zoi¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chìn-chai / chín-chai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: zhènzāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ ㄗㄞ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenntzai
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹ t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 賑災／赈灾 震災／震灾

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: zan³ zoi¹
    • Yale: jan jōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan³ dzoi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen³ zoi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn³³ t͡sɔːy̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 賑災／赈灾 震災／震灾

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìn-chai / chín-chai
    • Tâi-lô: tsìn-tsai / tsín-tsai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cienzay, cynzay
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕin²¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡saɪ³³/, /t͡ɕin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡saɪ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕin²¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕin¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕin²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕin⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/

Verb

震災

1. earthquake disaster

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
震	災
しん Grade: S	さい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんさい [shìńsáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃sa̠i]

Noun

震災 (hiragana しんさい, rōmaji shinsai)

1. earthquake disaster

   震災 (しんさい)で失 (うしな)われたモノ

   shinsai de ushinawareta mono

   what was lost in the disaster

Proper noun

震災 (hiragana しんさい, rōmaji Shinsai)

1. Short for 関東大震災.

References

1. Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.