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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chìn-chai / chín-chai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhènzāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ ㄗㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhènzai
    • Wade–Giles: chên⁴-tsai¹
    • Yale: jèn-dzāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenntzai
    • Palladius: чжэньцзай (čžɛnʹczaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹ t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 賑災／赈灾 震災／震灾

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zan³ zoi¹
    • Yale: jan jōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan³ dzoi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen³ zoi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn³³ t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 賑災／赈灾 震災／震灾

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìn-chai / chín-chai
    • Tâi-lô: tsìn-tsai / tsín-tsai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cienzay, cynzay
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai⁴⁴/, /t͡sin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sai³³/, /t͡sin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sai³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai⁴⁴/, /t͡sin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai⁴⁴/, /t͡sin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sai⁴⁴/, /t͡sin⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai⁴⁴/

Verb

震災

1. earthquake disaster

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])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃sa̠i]

Noun

震(しん)災(さい) • (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(しん)災(さい) • (Shinsai) 

1. Short for 関東大震災.