震驚

See also: 震惊

Chinese

		shake; shock; sign in trigram	to startle; to be frightened; to be scared to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm
trad. (震驚)		震	驚
simp. (震惊)		震	惊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhènjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan³ ging¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chéng-keng / chéng-kiaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zing² gian¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhènjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhènjing
    • Wade–Giles: chên⁴-ching¹
    • Yale: jèn-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jennjing
    • Palladius: чжэньцзин (čžɛnʹczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan³ ging¹
    • Yale: jan gīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan³ ging¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen³ ging¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn³³ kɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chéng-keng
    • Tâi-lô: tsíng-king
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zefngkefng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chéng-kiaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsíng-kiann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zefngkviaf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiã³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zing² gian¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsíng kiaⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kĩã³³/

Verb

震驚

1. (transitive) to shock; to astonish
2. (intransitive) to be shocked; to be astonished

Synonyms

• (to be shocked):

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• 吃一驚／吃一惊 (chīyījīng)
• 吃驚／吃惊 (chījīng)
• 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)
• 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

• 文化震驚／文化震惊 (wénhuà zhènjīng)

 

Related terms

• 震懾／震慑 (zhènshè)