吃驚

See also: 吃惊

Chinese

 
eat; eradicate; destroy
eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer
 
to startle; to be frightened; to be scared
to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm
trad. (吃驚/喫驚) /
simp. (吃惊)

Pronunciation


Verb

吃驚

  1. to be taken aback; to be startled; to be surprised

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
きつ > きっ
Hyōgaiji
きょう
Grade: S
kan’on goon
Alternative spelling
喫驚

/kikkjau//kikkjɔː//kikkjoː/

From Middle Chinese 吃驚 (MC kj+t kjaeng, literally “to stammer, to falter + to be afraid”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) っきょー [kìkkyóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲi̥k̚ʲkʲo̞ː]

Noun

(きっ)(きょう) • (kikkyō) きっきやう (kikkyau)?

  1. a surprise, a fright

Verb

(きっ)(きょう)する • (kikkyō suru) きっきやう (kikkyau)?intransitive suru (stem (きっ)(きょう) (kikkyō shi), past (きっ)(きょう)した (kikkyō shita))

  1. to be surprised, to be frightened
    • 1926, 穂積陳重, 法窓夜話, 青空文庫:
      ベンサムが(はじ)めて実利主義(じつりしゅぎ)(とな)えて法律改善(ほうりつかいぜん)()いた(とき)には、旧慣古制(きゅうかんこせい)執着深(しゅうちゃくぶか)英国人士(えいこくじんし)は、(みな)その(ろん)奇抜大胆(きばつだいたん)なのに喫驚(きっきょう)せざる()なかった。
      Bensamu ga hajimete jitsuri shugi o tonaete hōritsu kaizen o toita toki ni wa, kyūkan kosei ni shūchaku-bukaki Eikoku jinshi wa, mina sono ron no kibatsu daitan na no ni kikkyō sezaru o enakatta.
      When Bentham first advocated utilitarianism and amendment of the law, all the gentlemen of Britain, who had a strong attachment to old customs and rules, could not help but be surprised at the eccentricity and audacity of his theories.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
びっくり
Hyōgaiji Grade: S
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 吃驚 – see the following entry.
びっくり
[adverb] startledly, surprisedly, astonishedly
[verb] to be surprised, to be startled, to be frightened, to be astonished
Alternative spellings
喫驚, ビックリ
(This term, 吃驚, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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