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鎮

zhèn

town, market place; suppress

Strokes
18
Radical
金
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 镇

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 镇, the simplified form of 鎮. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 他刚来这镇上。

    Tā gāng lái zhè zhèn shàng

    He's new in town.

  • 我在一个小镇长大。

    Wǒ zài yī gè xiǎo zhèn zhǎng dà

    I grew up in a small town.

  • 这就是我跟你说的那个镇。

    Zhè jiù shì wǒ gēn nǐ shuō de nà ge zhèn

    This is the town I told you about.

  • 小镇充满了活力。

    Xiǎo zhèn chōng mǎn le huó lì

    The town was full of activity.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 镇

  • 镇zhèn 4to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks)
  • 城镇chéng zhèn 2–4 town; cities and towns
  • 镇定zhèn dìng 4–4 calm; unperturbed; cool
  • 镇静zhèn jìng 4–4 calm; cool
  • 镇压zhèn yā 4–1 suppression; repression; to suppress; to put down; to quell
  • 乡镇xiāng zhèn 1–4 village; township