陕西大地震 shǎn xī dà dì zhèn

1556 Great Shaanxi earthquake in China

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. the great Shaanxi earthquake of 2nd February 1556 that killed 830,000 people

Characters

Character Meaning
陕 shǎn
abbr. for Shaanxi 陕西shǎn xī province
西 xī HSK 1
west; the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙xī bān yá
大 dà HSK 1
big; large; great
地 dì HSK 3
ground; land; adverb marker -ly
震 zhèn HSK 5
shocked; to shake; to quake