怔忪

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Chinese

be startled restless; agitated
trad. (怔忪)
simp. #(怔忪)
alternative forms 征彸
佂伀
征忪
征伀
徵彸

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (23) (23)
Final () (121) (7)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyeng tsyowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiᴇŋ/ /t͡ɕɨoŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiɛŋ/ /t͡ɕioŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕiæŋ/ /t͡ɕioŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ciajŋ/ /cuawŋ/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiɛŋ/ /t͡ɕioŋ/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭɛŋ/ /t͡ɕĭwoŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯ɛŋ/ /t͡ɕi̯woŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhēng zhōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zing1 zung1

Adjective

怔忪

  1. frightened; terrified; panicked

Verb

怔忪

  1. (literary) to be startled; to be frightened; to be afraid

Synonyms