吃驚

See also: 吃惊

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	to startle; to be frightened; to be scared to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm
trad. (吃驚/喫驚)		吃/喫	驚
simp. (吃惊)		吃	惊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chījīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ ging¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chījīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihjing
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-ching¹
    • Yale: chr̄-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyjing
    • Palladius: чицзин (čiczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ ging¹
    • Yale: hek gīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ ging¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ ging¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ kɪŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

吃⫽驚 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to be taken aback; to be startled; to be surprised

Synonyms

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• 吃一驚／吃一惊 (chīyījīng)
• 嚇一跳／吓一跳 (xiàyītiào)
• 大吃一驚／大吃一惊 (dàchīyījīng)
• 著驚／著惊 (Hakka, Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 震動／震动 (zhèndòng) (literary)
• 震驚／震惊 (zhènjīng)
• 食驚／食惊 (Hokkien)
• 驚嚇／惊吓 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 驚愕／惊愕 (jīng'è)
• 驚懾／惊慑 (Quanzhou Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 半夜敲門不吃驚／半夜敲门不吃惊
• 大吃一驚／大吃一惊 (dàchīyījīng)
• 老大吃驚／老大吃惊 (lǎodà chījīng)

 

Related terms

• 驚訝／惊讶 (jīngyà)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
吃	驚
きつ > きっ Hyōgai	きょう Grade: S
kan'on	goon

Alternative spelling
喫驚

/kikkjau/ → /kikkjɔː/ → /kikkjoː/

From Middle Chinese 吃驚 (MC kj+t kjaeng, literally “to stammer, to falter + to be afraid”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きっきょー [kìkkyóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲi̥k̚ʲkʲo̞ː]

Noun

吃(きっ)驚(きょう) • (kikkyō) ^{←きっきやう (kikkyau)?}

1. a surprise, a fright

Verb

吃(きっ)驚(きょう)する • (kikkyō suru) ^{←きっきやう (kikkyau)?}intransitive suru (stem 吃(きっ)驚(きょう)し (kikkyō shi), past 吃(きっ)驚(きょう)した (kikkyō shita))

1. to be surprised, to be frightened
   • 1926, 穂積陳重, 法窓夜話‎^[1], 青空文庫:

     ベンサムが始(はじ)めて実利主義(じつりしゅぎ)を唱(とな)えて法律改善(ほうりつかいぜん)を説(と)いた時(とき)には、旧慣古制(きゅうかんこせい)に執着深(しゅうちゃくぶか)き英国人士(えいこくじんし)は、皆(みな)その論(ろん)の奇抜大胆(きばつだいたん)なのに喫驚(きっきょう)せざるを得(え)なかった。

     Bensamu ga hajimete jitsuri shugi o tonaete hōritsu kaizen o toita toki ni wa, kyūkan kosei ni shūchaku-bukaki Eikoku jinshi wa, mina sono ron no kibatsu daitan na no ni kikkyō sezaru o enakatta.

     When Bentham first advocated utilitarianism and amendment of the law, all the gentlemen of Britain, who had a strong attachment to old customs and rules, could not help but be surprised at the eccentricity and audacity of his theories.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "吃驚する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	吃驚し	きっきょうし	kikkyō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	吃驚し	きっきょうし	kikkyō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	吃驚する	きっきょうする	kikkyō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	吃驚する	きっきょうする	kikkyō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	吃驚すれ	きっきょうすれ	kikkyō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	吃驚せよ¹ 吃驚しろ²	きっきょうせよ¹ きっきょうしろ²	kikkyō seyo¹ kikkyō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	吃驚される	きっきょうされる	kikkyō sareru
Causative	吃驚させる 吃驚さす	きっきょうさせる きっきょうさす	kikkyō saseru kikkyō sasu
Potential	吃驚できる	きっきょうできる	kikkyō dekiru
Volitional	吃驚しよう	きっきょうしよう	kikkyō shiyō
Negative	吃驚しない	きっきょうしない	kikkyō shinai
Negative continuative	吃驚せず	きっきょうせず	kikkyō sezu
Formal	吃驚します	きっきょうします	kikkyō shimasu
Perfective	吃驚した	きっきょうした	kikkyō shita
Conjunctive	吃驚して	きっきょうして	kikkyō shite
Hypothetical conditional	吃驚すれば	きっきょうすれば	kikkyō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
吃	驚
びっくり
Hyōgai	Grade: S
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 吃驚 – see the following entry.

【びっくり】 [adverb] startledly, surprisedly, astonishedly [verb] to be surprised, to be startled, to be frightened, to be astonished Alternative spellings 喫驚, ビックリ

(This term, 吃驚, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)