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

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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    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:
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    賑災 / 赈灾
    震災 / 震灾
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìn-chai
  - Tâi-lô: tsìn-tsai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cienzay
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sai⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chín-chai
  - Tâi-lô: tsín-tsai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cynzay
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai⁴⁴/

Verb

震災

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])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃sa̠i]

Noun

震(しん)災(さい) • (shinsai)

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)

ellipsis of 関東大震災

References

^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

“震災”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026