惊 (驚) jīng

1. jīng verb to be surprised; to be frightened; to be scared
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, '惊心动魄 'to surprise the heart and move the soul' (CCI p. 38; Guoyu '驚' v 2; Kroll 2015 '驚' 2, p. 218; Unihan '驚')
2. jīng adjective nervous
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '驚' 1, p. 218)
3. jīng verb to bolt [of a horse]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '驚' v 1)
4. jīng verb to shake
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '驚' v 3)
5. jīng verb to disturb
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '驚' v 4)

Contained in

• 惊怖(驚怖) to surprise
• 惊天动地(驚天動地) alarming heaven and shaking the earth; world shaking
• 一惊一乍(一驚一乍) frightened; flustered
• 惊惧(驚懼) panic; fright
• 惊怯(驚怯) cowardly and panicking
• 惊鸟(驚鳥) to scare a bird into flight
• 惊遽(驚遽) in a panic; stunned
• 惊跳(驚跳) to shy (away); to give a start
• 惊心胆颤(驚心膽顫) frightening; frightened
• 打草惊蛇(打草驚蛇) beat the grass to scare the snake; to inadvertently alert an enemy
• 大吃一惊(大吃一驚) to have a surprise; shocked or startled; gobsmacked
• 惊愕(驚愕) startled; astonishmed
• 惊骇(驚駭) to be shocked; to be appalled; to be terrified
• 肉颤心惊(肉顫心驚) body trembling and heart frightened
• 惊魂甫定(驚魂甫定) to have just recovered from a shock
• 惊叫(驚叫) to cry out in fear
• 惊慌(驚慌) frightened; scared
• 好梦惊回(好夢驚回) startled from my beautiful dream
• 惊栗(驚慄) horror (genre); to tremble in fear
• 惊起(驚起) to start in surprise; to give a jolt of surprise
• 令人吃惊(令人吃驚) to shock; to amaze
• 惊急(驚急) stunned and anxious
• 惊风(驚風) infantile convulsion
• 惊鸿(驚鴻) graceful; lithe
• 惊惶(驚惶) panic-stricken
• 惊世骇俗(驚世駭俗) universally shocking; to offend the whole of society
• 受惊(受驚) startled
• 惊恐翼龙(驚恐翼龍) Phobetor (genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur)
• 惊心(驚心) staggering; shocking; frightened
• 惊马(驚馬) startled horse
• 有惊无险(有驚無險) to be more scared than hurt; to get through a daunting experience without mishap
• 惊羡(驚羨) to marvel at
• 虚惊(虛驚) false alarm; panic rumor
• 可惊(可驚) astonishing
• 心惊肉跳(心驚肉跳) heart alarmed, body leaping; fear and trepidation in the face of disaster
• 惊呼(驚呼) to cry out in alarm or surprise
• 惊群动众(驚群動眾) to alarm everyone; to scandalize the public
• 惊痫(驚癇) epilepsy
• 惊悉(驚悉) to be shocked to learn
• 惊颤(驚顫) to quake in fear
• 惊飞(驚飛) to go off like a rocket; to rocket
• 惊叹(驚嘆) to exclaim in surprise
• 大惊失色(大驚失色) to turn pale with fright
• 石破天惊(石破天驚) earth-shattering; breakthrough; remarkable and original work
• 惊叹不已(驚嘆不已) to exclaim in astonishment
• 胆战心惊(膽戰心驚) to tremble with fear; scared witless
• 惊觉(驚覺) to realize suddenly; to wake up with a start
• 惊槑(驚槑) stupefied; stunned
• 惊现(驚現) to suddenly appear

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• 第二十六回 Chapter 26 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 13
• Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 10
• 卷二十六 Scroll 26 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 10
• 第一回 Chapter 1 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 9
• 卷十一 Scroll 11 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 9
• 第二十三回 Chapter 23 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 8
• 卷九 Scroll 9 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
• 卷四十一 列傳第二十二 張融 周顒 Volume 41 Biographies 22: Zhang Rong, Zhou Yong Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 8
• 卷四百四十六 列傳第二百〇五 忠義一 康保裔 馬遂 董元亨 曹覲孔宗旦 趙師旦 蘇緘 秦傳序 詹良臣江仲明 李若水 劉韐 傅察 楊震父:宗閔 張克戩 張確 朱昭 史抗 孫益 Volume 446 Biographies 205: Loyalty and Righteousness 1 - Kang Baoyi, Ma Sui, Dong Yuanheng, Caojin Kongzongdan, Zhao Shidan, Su Jian, Qin Chuanxu, Zhanliang Chenjiang Zhongming, Li Ruoshui, Liu Ge, Fu Cha, Yang Zhenfu:zongmin, Zhang Kejian, Zhang Que, Zhu Zhao, Shi Kang, Sun Yi History of Song 宋史 — count: 7
• 第二十一回 Chapter 21 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 7

Collocations

• 惊曰 (驚曰) 善人不驚曰刑正之 — Guanzi 管子, 正第四十三 Chapter 43: Uprightness — count: 17
• 马惊 (馬驚) 馬驚 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 11
• 惊走 (驚走) 工十三人驚走 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七上 五行志 Volume 27a: Treatise on the Five Elements 1 — count: 6
• 王惊 (王驚) 王驚曰 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說右下第三十五 Chapter 35: A Collection of Sayings VI — count: 6
• 惊惮 (驚憚) 雉亦知驚憚遠飛 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十八　人間訓 Chapter 18: The Human World — count: 3
• 详惊 (詳驚) 即詳驚曰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《陳丞相世家》 House of Chancellor Chen — count: 3
• 中惊 (中驚) 軍中驚 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《絳侯周勃世家》 House of Zhou Bo, Marquis of Jiang — count: 3
• 不可惊 (不可驚) 不可驚以怪 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十九　脩務訓 Chapter 19: Cultivation of Effort — count: 3
• 尽惊 (儘驚) 一坐盡驚 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 3
• 阳惊 (陽驚) 即陽驚曰 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷四十 張陳王周傳 Volume 40: Zhang, Chen, Wang and Zhou — count: 3