振動

See also: 振动

Chinese

		rouse	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (振動)		振	動
simp. (振动)		振	动

Pronunciation 1

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Rime
Character	振	動
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	章刃切	徒揔切
Baxter	tsyinH	duwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪnH/	/duŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕinH/	/duŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjenH/	/duŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cinH/	/dəwŋX/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiĕnH/	/duŋX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭĕnH/	/duŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ĕnH/	/dʱuŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhèn	dòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zan3	dung6

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	振	動
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhèn	dòng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyinH ›	‹ duwngX ›
Old Chinese	/*tər-s/	/*[Cə-m-]tˁoŋʔ/
English	shake	move
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	振	動
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	1366	17449
Phonetic component	辰	重
Rime group	文	東
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	震	動
Old Chinese	/*tjɯns/	/*doːŋʔ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèndòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan³ dung⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chín-tōng / chín-tǒng / chín-tāng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèndòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèndòng
    • Wade–Giles: chên⁴-tung⁴
    • Yale: jèn-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenndonq
    • Palladius: чжэньдун (čžɛnʹdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zan³ dung⁶
    • Yale: jan duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan³ dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen³ dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn³³ tʊŋ²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 振動 / 振动 震動 / 震动

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chín-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: tsín-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cyndong
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chín-tǒng
    • Tâi-lô: tsín-tǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chín-tāng
    • Tâi-lô: tsín-tāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cyndang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ taŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyinH duwngX

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tər-s  [Cə-m-]tˤoŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjɯns  doːŋʔ/

Verb

振動

1. to vibrate; to tremble
2. (mechanics) to oscillate

Synonyms

• (to vibrate): 抖動／抖动 (dǒudòng), 振 (zhèn)

Noun

振動

1. vibration; tremor
2. (mechanics) oscillation

Derived terms

• 受迫振動 / 受迫振动 (shòupò zhèndòng)
• 強迫振動 / 强迫振动 (qiángpò zhèndòng)
• 振動器 / 振动器
• 振動棒 / 振动棒
• 阻尼振動 / 阻尼振动

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (振動):

• → Japanese: 振動(しんどう) (shindō)
• → Korean: 진동(振動) (jindong)

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tín-tāng / tín-tǎng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ding² dang⁶

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tín-tāng
    • Tâi-lô: tín-tāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dyndang
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tin⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ taŋ³³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /tin⁴²⁻²⁴ taŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tín-tǎng
    • Tâi-lô: tín-tǎng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ taŋ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ding² dang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tíng tăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ taŋ³⁵/

Verb

振動 (Southern Min)

1. to move
2. to shake

See also

• 震動／震动 (zhèndòng)

References

• “Entry #6059”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
振	動
しん Grade: S	どう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんどー [shìńdóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩndo̞ː]

Noun

振(しん)動(どう) • (shindō) 

1. oscillation, vibration

Verb

振(しん)動(どう)する • (shindō suru) suru (stem 振(しん)動(どう)し (shindō shi), past 振(しん)動(どう)した (shindō shita))

1. oscillate, vibrate

Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	振動し	しんどうし	shindō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	振動し	しんどうし	shindō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	振動する	しんどうする	shindō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	振動する	しんどうする	shindō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	振動すれ	しんどうすれ	shindō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	振動せよ¹ 振動しろ²	しんどうせよ¹ しんどうしろ²	shindō seyo¹ shindō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	振動される	しんどうされる	shindō sareru
Causative	振動させる 振動さす	しんどうさせる しんどうさす	shindō saseru shindō sasu
Potential	振動できる	しんどうできる	shindō dekiru
Volitional	振動しよう	しんどうしよう	shindō shiyō
Negative	振動しない	しんどうしない	shindō shinai
Negative continuative	振動せず	しんどうせず	shindō sezu
Formal	振動します	しんどうします	shindō shimasu
Perfective	振動した	しんどうした	shindō shita
Conjunctive	振動して	しんどうして	shindō shite
Hypothetical conditional	振動すれば	しんどうすれば	shindō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Conjugation of "振動する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

References

1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
振	動

Noun

振動 • (jindong) (hangeul 진동)

1. hanja form^? of 진동 (“vibration”)