怔忪

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēngzhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ zung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngzhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhengjhong
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹-chung¹
    • Yale: jēng-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengjong
    • Palladius: чжэнчжун (čžɛnčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ zung¹
    • Yale: jīng jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyeng tsyowng

Rime
Character	怔	忪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	諸盈切	職容切
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

• 驚懼／惊惧 (jīngjù)