镇

zhèn

press down; keep down; ease, calm; tranquil; at ease, guard; garrison, cool with cold water or ice, garrison post, town, a comparatively large trading centre

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calm; communalize; ease; guard; press down; town

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calm; communalize; ease; guard; press down; town

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chēn

v. be angry at

zhèn

n. pressure, enforcement, squeeze play, escort, protection, safeguard, guard, town, townlet, borough, village, cooling, cooldown, chill, chilly, stress

zhèn

v. press, guard, patrol, secure, defend, protect, cool, chill, keel, press down, crush, crush out, tread out, overweigh, strangle, cordon

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zhen4

composed, small town, to suppress, to press down, to guard, garrison, to cool or chill (food or drinks)

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镇

zhèn

名

(镇守的地方) garrison post:

军事重镇 strategic post

(行政区划单位) town:

小镇 townlet;

镇民 townsfolk; townsman;

乡镇 villages and towns

（较大的市集） trading centre:

集镇 market town

（姓氏） a surname:

镇平 Zhen Ping

动

（压; 抑制） suppress; press down; keep down:

镇咳 keep cough down;

镇痛 ease pain

（安定） calm; compose

（用武力维持安定） guard; garrison:

镇抚 pacify (rebellious district);

坐镇 assume personal command (of a garrison, etc.)

（冷却） cool with ice or in cold water:

冰镇 cool by ice;

把西瓜放在冷水里镇一镇 put the watermelon in cold water for a while to chill it

形

（平静） calm; tranquil:

镇静 calm

（表示整个的一段时间） whole:

镇日 the whole day

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鎮|镇 [zhèn] ► to press down ► to calm ► to subdue ► to suppress ► to guard ► garrison ► small town ► to cool or chill (food or drinks)