粵

餘jyu4震zan3

simp余震
jyu4 zan3yú zhèn

English

  1. earthquake aftershock
  2. aftershock

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 大地震過後比較輕微嘅地震,威力不及主震

Examples

  • 日本今個星期經歷咗五次余震,震級係里氏5.0級或以上。 但科學家警告,最大嘅余震仍然喺前面。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 即使现在,偶尔还是会有余震。

    Even now there are occasional aftershocks.

    Tatoeba · fenfang557 CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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