震源

Chinese

		shake; shock; sign in trigram	root; source; origin
trad. (震源)		震	源
simp. #(震源)		震	源

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhènyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan³ jyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chìn-goân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhènyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhènyuán
    • Wade–Giles: chên⁴-yüan²
    • Yale: jèn-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jennyuan
    • Palladius: чжэньюань (čžɛnʹjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan³ jyun⁴
    • Yale: jan yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan³ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen³ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn³³ jyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìn-goân
    • Tâi-lô: tsìn-guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cien'goaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin²¹⁻⁵³ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin²¹⁻⁵³ ɡuan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡuan²³/

Noun

震源

1. (seismology) hypocenter; focus of an earthquake

Japanese

Kanji in this term
震	源
しん Grade: S	げん Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんげん [shìńgéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

震(しん)源(げん) • (shingen) 

1. (seismology) hypocenter

   千(ち)葉(ば)県北(けんほく)西(せい)部(ぶ)を震(しん)源(げん)とする地(じ)震(しん)

   Chiba-ken hokuseibu o shingen to suru jishin

   an earthquake with a hypocenter in northwestern Chiba Prefecture

2. (figuratively) The geographical area in which an ongoing disaster, illness, crisis, or other destructive event is currently most severe.

   アメリカメディアによりますと、ミネソタ州(しゅう)を震(しん)源(げん)とした抗(こう)議(ぎ)デモは少(すく)なくとも75(ななじゅうご)の都(と)市(し)に広(ひろ)がったということです。

   amerika media ni yorimasu to, Minesota-shū o shingen toshita kōgi demo wa sukunakutomo nanajūgo no toshi ni hirogatta toiu koto desu.

   According to US media, protests centered on the state of Minnesota spread to at least 75 cities.