zan3 dung6震動震动
Jyutpingzan3 dung6
Yalejan duhng
Definition
To shake, vibrate, or quiver rapidly or violently.
neutraldaily actionsnature
How it's used
Use this term primarily for mechanical or physical vibrations, such as a phone on silent mode or geological tremors. It implies a rapid, repetitive back and forth motion rather than a single large movement like 搖晃. When describing a person trembling due to fear or cold, 震 or 震騰騰 is much more natural.
Examples
My phone is vibrating really intensely.
Have you felt the ground shaking yet?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe a person shaking from emotion or temperature, as it sounds overly technical or mechanical in those contexts.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
