拍生驚

Chinese

to clap; to pat; to beat
to clap; to pat; to beat; to hit; to slap; to take (a picture)
 
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
to startle; to be frightened; to be scared
to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm
 
trad. (拍生驚) 拍 生 驚
simp. (拍生惊) 拍 生 惊
alternative forms 拍青驚／拍青惊
扑生驚

Pronunciation

Verb

拍生驚

  1. (Hokkien) to scare (another person)
  2. (Hokkien) to alert someone unwittingly by giving away a secret
  3. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to scare a baby and cause it to poop its pants

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 打草驚蛇 (“to give away your position through rash actions; to alert someone of your presence unwittingly”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 打草驚蛇, 打草蛇驚
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 打草驚蛇
Cantonese Hong Kong 打草驚蛇
Southern Min Xiamen 挓草驚蛇, 拍草驚蛇, 拍生驚, 拍驚
Tainan 挓草驚蛇, 拍生驚
Jieyang 打草驚蛇
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.