恐驚

Chinese

		afraid; frightened; to fear	to startle; to be frightened; to be scared to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm
trad. (恐驚)		恐	驚
simp. (恐惊)		恐	惊
anagram		驚恐／惊恐

Pronunciation

Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khiúng-kiâng

(Hailu, HRS): kiung^ˊ giang^ˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khióng-kiaⁿ

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiúng-kiâng
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiung^ˋ giang^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kiung³ giang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯uŋ³¹ ki̯aŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiung^ˊ giang^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰiuŋ²⁴⁻³³ kiaŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khióng-kiaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: khióng-kiann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiofngkviaf
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kʰiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiã⁴⁴/

Adverb

恐驚

(Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) perhaps; maybe; I'm afraid that ...

Synonyms

恐怕 (kǒngpà)

References

“恐驚”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
“Entry #11072”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.