地震 Traditional form: 地震 Pinyin (reading): dìzhèn Definitions: earthquake Characters: 地 - earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb 震 - shake, quake, tremor; to excite Traditional characters: 地 - earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb 震 - shake, quake, tremor; to excite