惊 (驚) jīng
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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') -
jīng
adjective
nervous
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '驚' 1, p. 218) -
jīng
verb
to bolt [of a horse]
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '驚' v 1) -
jīng
verb
to shake
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '驚' v 3) -
jīng
verb
to disturb
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '驚' v 4)
Contained in
- 一惊一乍(一驚一乍) frightened; flustered
- 惊人(驚人) astonishing
- 惊车(驚車) runaway carriage
- 惊惶失措(驚惶失措) to lose one's head out of fear
- 惊叹不已(驚嘆不已) to exclaim in astonishment
- 惊讶(驚訝) amazed; astonished; surprised; amazing
- 惊慌失色(驚慌失色) to go pale in panic
- 惊厥(驚厥) to faint from fear; convulsions
- 惊弓之鸟(驚弓之鳥) a bird frightened by a bow; one frightened by past experiences
- 惊叹号(驚嘆號) exclamation mark ! (punct.)
- 惊错(驚錯) puzzled; surprised and nonplussed
- 惊怖(驚怖) to surprise
- 惊槑(驚槑) stupefied; stunned
- 心惊肉跳(心驚肉跳) heart alarmed, body leaping; fear and trepidation in the face of disaster
- 惊愕(驚愕) startled; astonishmed
- 胆颤心惊(膽顫心驚) panic-stricken
- 惊梦(驚夢) to awaken from a dream
- 惊急(驚急) stunned and anxious
- 一鸣惊人(一鳴驚人) to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat; an overnight celebrity
- 惊魂甫定(驚魂甫定) to have just recovered from a shock
- 一夕数惊(一夕數驚) one scare after another; in a constant state of tension
- 惊惶(驚惶) panic-stricken
- 虚惊(虛驚) false alarm; panic rumor
- 令人吃惊(令人吃驚) to shock; to amaze
- 惊惧(驚懼) panic; fright
- 惊栗(驚慄) horror (genre); to tremble in fear
- 惊颤(驚顫) to quake in fear
- 惊涛骇浪(驚濤駭浪) perilous situation
- 惊扰(驚擾) to alarm; to agitate
- 震惊(震驚) to shock; to astonish
- 惊鸟(驚鳥) to scare a bird into flight
- 惊马(驚馬) startled horse
- 惊起(驚起) to start in surprise; to give a jolt of surprise
- 惊骇(驚駭) to be shocked; to be appalled; to be terrified
- 处变不惊(處變不驚) to remain calm in the face of events
- 惊呆(驚呆) stupefied; stunned
- 惊诧(驚詫) to be surprised; to be amazed; to be stunned
- 大吃一惊(大吃一驚) to have a surprise; shocked or startled; gobsmacked
- 惊悉(驚悉) to be shocked to learn
- 惊天动地(驚天動地) alarming heaven and shaking the earth; world shaking
- 惊师动众(驚師動眾) to alarm everyone; to scandalize the public
- 科技惊悚小说(科技驚悚小說) techno-thriller novel; science fiction thriller
- 惊现(驚現) to suddenly appear
- 惊痫(驚癇) epilepsy
- 夜惊(夜驚) night terror; sleep terror
- 吃惊(吃驚) to be startled
- 惊歎(驚歎) to exclaim in surprise
- 担惊受怕(擔驚受怕) to feel apprehensive; to be alarmed
- 震惊中外(震驚中外) to shock the whole world
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- 第二十六回 Chapter 26 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 13
- 卷二十六 Scroll 26 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 10
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — 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
- 卷九 Scroll 9 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
- 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 振惊 (振驚) 莫不振驚 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十五 兵略訓 Chapter 15: Military Planning — 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
- 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
- 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