HSK 6 · Emotions

震撼 zhènhàn “to shock” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 震撼 means

  1. to shock
  2. to stun
  3. stunning
  4. to shake
  5. shocking

How to say 震撼

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale震zhèn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale撼hàn4th tone, falling

震撼 in a sentence

  1. 这对我是很大的震撼。

    Zhè duì wǒ shì hěn dà de zhènhàn.

    It was a great shock to me.

    Sentence #801471 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 震撼 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 震 (zhèn) with each of its parts in a different colour
震zhènto shake
  • 雨rain · yǔMeaning part
  • 辰morning · chénSound part

雨 hints at the meaning (rain); 辰 (chén) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhèn.

The character 撼 (hàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
撼hànto shake
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 感to affect · gǎnSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 感 (gǎn) hints at the sound. Compare it with hàn.

How to write 震撼

震 15 strokes · 撼 16 strokes

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震撼 (zhènhàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 震撼 (zhènhàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 震撼

Words with 震

地震dìzhèn · earthquake震惊zhènjīng · shocked

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

在意zàiyì · to care about着迷zháomí · to be fascinated振奋zhènfèn · to inspire争气zhēngqì · to try hard not to disappoint震惊zhènjīng · shocked志气zhìqì · aspiration指望zhǐwàng · to count on知足常乐zhīzúchánglè · contentment brings happiness

FAQs

震撼 (zhènhàn) means “to shock” or “to stun”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhènhàn: zhèn with a 4th tone, then hàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 震撼 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhenhan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 震撼 from the suggestions. Typing zhenhan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
震撼 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.