鎮靜

See also: 鎭靜, 鎮静, and 镇静

Chinese

		composed; small town; to suppress composed; small town; to suppress; to press down; to post	still; calm; quiet still; calm; quiet; not moving
trad. (鎮靜/鎭靜)		鎮/鎭	靜
simp. (镇静)		镇	静

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhènjìng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zan³ zing⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tìn-chěng / tìn-chēng

(Teochew, Peng'im): ding³ zên⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhènjìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhènjìng
  - Wade–Giles: chên⁴-ching⁴
  - Yale: jèn-jìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jennjinq
  - Palladius: чжэньцзин (čžɛnʹczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    鎮静
    鎮靜 / 镇静
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zan³ zing⁶
  - Yale: jan jihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzan³ dzing⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zen³ jing⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn³³ t͡sɪŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tìn-chěng
  - Tâi-lô: tìn-tsǐng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siɪŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tìn-chēng
  - Tâi-lô: tìn-tsīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dienzeng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tin²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tin²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tin¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪŋ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ding³ zên⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tìng tsĕⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sẽ³⁵/

Adjective

鎮靜

steady; calm; stable

Synonyms

冷靜 / 冷静 (lěngjìng)
在步 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
從容 / 从容
沉著 (chénzhuó)
淡定 (dàndìng)
清醒 (qīngxǐng)
理智 (lǐzhì)
精英 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
肅清 / 肃清 (sùqīng) (archaic)
自如 (zìrú) (literary)
自若 (zìruò) (literary)
鎮定 / 镇定 (zhèndìng)

Verb

鎮靜

(transitive) to make steady; to calm down; to stabilise

Synonyms

鎮定／镇定 (zhèndìng)

Derived terms

鎮靜劑 / 镇静剂 (zhènjìngjì)
鎮靜藥 / 镇静药 (zhènjìngyào)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鎮靜):

→ Japanese: 鎮静(ちんせい) (chinsei)
→ Korean: 진정(鎭靜) (jinjeong)
→ Vietnamese: trấn tĩnh (鎮靜)