镇
zhèn HSK6

press down, town

镇 (鎮) zhèn
town noun
a small town or administrative subdistrict

他在一个小镇上当医生。

tā zài yī gè xiǎo zhèn shàng dāng yī​shēng.

He is a doctor in a small town.

garrison verb
to guard or station troops at a place

将军奉命镇守要塞。

jiāng​jūn fèng​mìng zhèn shǒu yào​sài.

The general was ordered to guard the fortress.

chill verb
to cool or chill food or drinks

西瓜要在冷水里镇一下才好吃。

xī​guā yào zài lěng​shuǐ lǐ zhèn yī​xià cái hǎo​chī.

Watermelon tastes better after being chilled in cold water.

suppress verb
to press down, calm, or suppress

他随手拿起一块石头镇住桌上的报纸。

tā suí​shǒu ná​qǐ yī kuài shí​tou zhèn zhù zhuō shàng de bào​zhǐ.

He casually picked up a stone to weigh down the newspapers on the table.

military command noun
military administrative divisions (Fanzhen) in the Tang dynasty

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,002nd most common 161.1 per million
Movie subtitles
931st most common 119.6 per million appears in 34% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
47.3 per million appears in 12% of films
Written text
90.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Traditional
鎮
Strokes
15
Unicode
U+9547

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)