共振

gòngzhèn
noun #34,108

Meanings

  1. 1 resonance (physics)
  2. 2 to resonate
  3. 3 (figurative) to strike a chord

Examples

Qiáoliáng de shèjì yào bìmiǎn gòngzhèn.
Bridge design must avoid resonance.
Tā de yǎnjiǎng zài niánqīng rén zhōng yǐnqǐ le gòngzhèn.
His speech struck a chord with young people.

Tips

usage
Primarily a physics/engineering term (mechanical resonance, electrical resonance, NMR 核磁共振), but in modern Chinese it also gets used figuratively the way English 'resonate' does — for ideas, feelings, or art that sync up with an audience.
memory
(gòng, together) + (zhèn, to vibrate) — literally 'vibrating together', which is exactly what physical resonance is.

Stroke Order

gòng
zhèn