大地震 [－－－]

Jyutping daai6 dei6 zan3
Pinyin dà dì zhèn

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    large earthquake (typically with a magnitude 7 or greater)

大地震 [－－－]

Jyutping daai6 dei6 zan3
Pinyin dà di4zhèn

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. a big earthquake; a big shake-up [written and colloquial]
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    若有大地震，房屋会倒塌呀！
    若有大地震，房屋會倒塌呀！
    ruò yǒu dà dì zhèn ， fáng wū huì dǎo tā ya ！
    • If there's a big earthquake, the house could really collapse!
  2. Mandarin
    我听到了淡路发生大地震的消息。
    我聽到了淡路發生大地震的消息。
    wǒ tīng dào le dàn lù fā shēng dà dì zhèn de xiāo xi 。
    • I heard the news that there had been a big earthquake in Awaji.
  3. Mandarin
    大地震发生的时候，我才十岁。
    大地震發生的時候，我才十歲。
    dà dì zhèn fā shēng de shí hou ， wǒ cái shí suì 。
    • When the big earthquake occurred, I was just ten.
  4. Mandarin
    没有人知道东京甚么时候会发生大地震。
    沒有人知道東京甚麼時候會發生大地震。
    méi yǒu rén zhī dào dōng jīng shèn me shí hou huì fā shēng dà dì zhèn 。
    • No one knows when a severe earthquake will strike Tokyo.
  5. Mandarin
    印度昨天发生了一场大地震。
    印度昨天發生了一場大地震。
    yìn dù zuó tiān fā shēng le yī chǎng dà dì zhèn 。
    • A big earthquake occurred in India yesterday.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    印度寻日大地震。
    印度尋日大地震。
    jan3 dou6 cam4 jat6 daai6 dei6 zan3 。
    • A big earthquake occurred in India yesterday.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    大地震发生咗之后，有好多流离失所嘅孤儿。
    大地震發生咗之後，有好多流離失所嘅孤兒。
    daai6 dei6 zan3 faat3 sang1 zo2 zi1 hau6, jau5 hou2 do1 lau4 lei4 sat1 so2 ge3 gu1 ji4.
    • After the earthquake happened/occurred, there were many destitute orphans. / The earthquake left many orphans destitute.
  2. Cantonese
    印尼大地震引发嘅海啸真系人间惨剧。
    印尼大地震引發嘅海嘯真係人間慘劇。
    • The tsunami resulting from the earthquake near Indonesia was really a world tragedy.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    官场大地震
    官場大地震
    guān chǎng dà dì zhèn
    • a major change in government officials
  2. Mandarin
    发生了大地震，大陆及港、澳、台三地艺人为了救灾共襄盛举，举办了多场演唱会。
    發生了大地震，大陸及港、澳、台三地藝人為了救災共襄盛舉，舉辦了多場演唱會。
    fā shēng le dà dì zhèn ， dà lù jí gǎng ， ào ， tái sān dì yì rén wèi le jiù zāi gòng xiāng shèng jǔ ， jǔ bàn le duō chǎng yǎn chàng huì ．
    • After the major earthquake, artists from the Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan all worked together to perform several concerts to collect funds for disaster relief.