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镇

鎮
zhèn
noun/verb HSK 6 #1,692

Meanings

  1. 1 town; small city
  2. 2 to suppress; to put down
  3. 3 to calm; to tranquilize

Examples

他住在一个小镇上。
Tā zhù zài yī gè xiǎo zhèn shàng.
He lives in a small town.
这个古镇很有特色。
Zhège gǔ zhèn hěn yǒu tèsè.
This ancient town is very distinctive.
他喝了一杯酒镇定了一下。
Tā hē le yī bēi jiǔ zhèn dìng le yīxià.
He had a drink to calm himself down.
镇上只有一家超市。
Zhèn shàng zhǐ yǒu yī jiā chāoshì.
There's only one supermarket in town.

Tips

usage
As a noun, 镇 means a town smaller than a city (市) but larger than a village (村). As a verb, 镇定 (zhèn dìng) means to calm down, and 镇压 (zhèn yā) means to suppress/crack down.

Stroke Order

镇 zhèn