驚悚

Chinese

		to startle; to be frightened; to be scared to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm	frightened
trad. (驚悚)		驚	悚
simp. (惊悚)		惊	悚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngsǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄙㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹ sung²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gian¹ song²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngsǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄙㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingsǒng
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-sung³
    • Yale: jīng-sǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingsoong
    • Palladius: цзинсун (czinsun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ sʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging¹ sung²
    • Yale: gīng súng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ sung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ sung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ sʊŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gian¹ song²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiaⁿ sóng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kĩã³³⁻²³ soŋ⁵²/

Adjective

驚悚

1. (usually of movies or novels) horror; thriller

Derived terms

• 驚悚片／惊悚片