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): ㄓㄥㄓㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ zung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngzhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥㄓㄨㄥ
  - 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/

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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛŋ/	/t͡ɕi̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēng	zhōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing¹	zung¹

Adjective

怔忪

frightened; terrified; panicked

Verb

怔忪

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

Synonyms

驚懼／惊惧 (jīngjù)