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

• 惊叹不已(驚嘆不已) to exclaim in astonishment
• 惊悚(驚悚) horror (movie); thriller
• 惊飞(驚飛) to go off like a rocket; to rocket
• 惊涛骇浪(驚濤駭浪) perilous situation
• 惊扰(驚擾) to alarm; to agitate
• 心惊胆战(心驚膽戰) trembling with fear
• 惊慌失色(驚慌失色) to go pale in panic
• 惊怪(驚怪) to marvel
• 好梦惊回(好夢驚回) startled from my beautiful dream
• 惊心动魄(驚心動魄) to surprise the heart and move the soul; soul stirring; shaking one to the core; extremely disturbing
• 震惊中外(震驚中外) to shock the whole world
• 惊车(驚車) runaway carriage
• 自相惊扰(自相驚擾) to frighten one another
• 受惊(受驚) startled
• 惊讶(驚訝) amazed; astonished; surprised; amazing
• 心惊(心驚) fearful; apprehensive
• 惊慌(驚慌) frightened; scared
• 惊天动地(驚天動地) alarming heaven and shaking the earth; world shaking
• 令人吃惊(令人吃驚) to shock; to amaze
• 惊叹号(驚嘆號) exclamation mark ! (punct.)
• 惊心胆颤(驚心膽顫) frightening; frightened
• 惊赏(驚賞) surprised and admiring; to appreciate with surprise
• 惊醒(驚醒) to rouse; to be woken by something; to wake with a start; to sleep lightly
• 惊惶失措(驚惶失措) to lose one's head out of fear
• 惊惧(驚懼) panic; fright
• 惊怕(驚怕) alarmed; frightened
• 惊叹(驚嘆) to exclaim in surprise
• 平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊(平生不做虧心事，半夜敲門心不驚) He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night. / Rest with a clear conscience.
• 惊厥(驚厥) to faint from fear; convulsions
• 惊恐翼龙(驚恐翼龍) Phobetor (genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur)
• 惊跳(驚跳) to shy (away); to give a start
• 惊鸿(驚鴻) graceful; lithe
• 夜惊(夜驚) night terror; sleep terror
• 惊恐(驚恐) to alarm; to dismay; to appall
• 惊爆(驚爆) unexpected; staggering (news) etc)
• 惊奇(驚奇) amazed
• 惊惶(驚惶) panic-stricken
• 惊惕(驚惕) to be alarmed; to be alert
• 打草惊蛇(打草驚蛇) beat the grass to scare the snake; to inadvertently alert an enemy
• 受宠若惊(受寵若驚) overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)
• 惊蛰(驚蟄) Jinzhe ; startled insects
• 动魄惊心(動魄驚心) shaking one to the core; extremely disturbing; shattering; hair-raising
• 惊人(驚人) astonishing
• 触目惊心(觸目驚心) shocks the eye, astonishes the heart; shocking; horrible to see; a ghastly sight
• 惊疑(驚疑) bewildered
• 惊遽(驚遽) in a panic; stunned
• 惊怯(驚怯) cowardly and panicking
• 惊魂甫定(驚魂甫定) to have just recovered from a shock
• 惊雷(驚雷) sudden clap of thunder; a surprising turn of events
• 一座皆惊(一座皆驚) all those seated were startled

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惊悉

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Truncated for common words

• 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
• 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
• 第二十三回 Chapter 23 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 8
• 第二十一回 Chapter 21 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 7
• 第九十五回 Chapter 95 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
• 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
• 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
• 惊乱 (驚亂) 巡軍驚亂奔走 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷十七 馮岑賈列傳 Volume 17: Biographies of Feng, Cen, Jia — 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
• 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
• 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