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Chinese
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frightened
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afraid; frightened; to fear
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| trad. (惶恐)
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惶
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恐
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| simp. #(惶恐)
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惶
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恐
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| anagram
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恐惶
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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恐
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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kǒng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khjowngX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰ(r)oŋʔ/
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| English
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fear
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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惶
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恐
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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| No.
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12697
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4071
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Phonetic
component
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王
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工
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Rime
group
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陽
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東
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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黃
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恐
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡʷaːŋ/
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/*kʰoŋʔ/
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Adjective
惶恐
- terrified; scared; frightened
Synonyms
- 刺促 (literary)
- 怖懼／怖惧 (bùjù) (literary)
- 恐慌 (kǒnghuāng)
- 恐懼／恐惧 (kǒngjù)
- 慹／𰑔 (zhí)
- 遑急 (huángjí) (literary)
- 驚恐／惊恐 (jīngkǒng)
- 驚惶／惊惶 (jīnghuáng) (literary or Min Nan)
- 驚慌／惊慌 (jīnghuāng)
- 驚駭／惊骇 (jīnghài) (literary)
Adverb
惶恐
- in a terrified manner
Derived terms