怔忡

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Chinese

be startled
grieved; distressed; sad
grieved; distressed; sad; uneasy
 
simp. and trad.
(怔忡)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (23) (10)
Final () (121) (2)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyeng trhjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiᴇŋ/ /ʈʰɨuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiɛŋ/ /ʈʰiuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕiæŋ/ /ȶʰiuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ciajŋ/ /ʈʰuwŋ/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiɛŋ/ /ȶʰiuŋ/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭɛŋ/ /ȶʰĭuŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯ɛŋ/ /ȶʰi̯uŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhēng chōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zing1 cung1

Verb

怔忡

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) to have palpitations; to palpitate

Synonyms

Adjective

怔忡

  1. panicked; frightened; terrified

Derived terms