驚人

See also: 惊人

Chinese

		to startle; to be frightened; to be scared to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm	man; person; people
trad. (驚人)		驚	人
simp. (惊人)		惊	人

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīngrén

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹ jan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): keng-jîn / keng-lîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jīngrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingren
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ging¹ jan⁴
  - Yale: gīng yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ yen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: king-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kengjiin
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ʑin¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ʑin²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: king-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kengliin
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ³³ lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/

Adjective

驚人

surprising; astonishing

Derived terms

一鳴驚人／一鸣惊人 (yīmíngjīngrén)
語不驚人／语不惊人

貌不驚人／貌不惊人
貌不驚人，言不壓眾／貌不惊人，言不压众

Pronunciation 2

	to startle; to be frightened; to be scared to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm	man; person; people
trad. (驚人)	驚	人
simp. (惊人)	惊	人
variant forms	驚儂／惊侬 Min Nan

Min Nan (POJ): kiaⁿ-lâng / kiaⁿ--lâng

Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiaⁿ-lâng / kiaⁿ--lâng
  - Tâi-lô: kiann-lâng / kiann--lâng

Note: In Fujian, both readings are used for both senses. In Taiwan, kiaⁿ--lâng is used for "scary" and kiaⁿ-lâng is used for "filthy".

Adjective

驚人

(Min Nan) scary; frightening
(Min Nan, euphemistic) filthy

Synonyms

(scary): 可怕 (kěpà), 害怕 (hàipà)
(filthy):

Dialectal synonyms of 髒 (“dirty”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		污, 穢, 污穢
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		骯髒, 污穢
Mandarin	Beijing	髒, 腌臢, 骯髒
	Taiwan	髒, 骯髒
	Jinan	髒, 窩囊, 腌臢
	Xi'an	髒
	Wuhan	拉瓜, 賴
	Chengdu	髒, 齷齪
	Yangzhou	髒, 邋遢
	Hefei	髒, 膿糟, 拾弄
Cantonese	Guangzhou	污糟, 邋遢, 揦鮓
	Hong Kong	污糟, 邋遢, 揦鮓
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	邋遢, 骯屎
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	骯屎
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	揦鮓
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	垠
	Macau	污糟
	Panyu	污糟, 邋遢
	Conghua	邋遢, 揦鮓
	Zengcheng	污糟, 邋遢
	Foshan	污糟, 邋遢
	Nanhai (Shatou)	污糟
	Shunde	污糟
	Sanshui	污糟
	Gaoming (Mingcheng)	污糟
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	邋遢
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	邋遢
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	揦鮓
	Doumen	揦鮓
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	揦鮓, 邋遢
	Xinhui	揦鮓
	Taishan	邋遢, 揦鮓
	Kaiping (Chikan)	邋遢, 揦鮓
	Enping (Niujiang)	邋遢
	Heshan (Yayao)	邋遢
	Dongguan	賴濕, 鹹濕
	Dapeng	垠
	Yangjiang	失引, 污糟, 揦鮓
Gan	Nanchang	腌臢
Hakka	Meixian	漚紐, 穢
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Dongshi (Dabu)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Hong Kong	漚紐, 累贅, 囉嗦
Jin	Taiyuan	日髒, 腌臢
Min Dong	Fuzhou	懶露, 濫𡞟, 五鹵, 垃渣, 齷齪
Min Nan	Xiamen	流瘍, 流死瘍, 垃圾, 驚人, 垃儳
	Quanzhou	腌臢, 兇, 驚人
	Zhangzhou	腌臢, 垃圾, 淤漬, 驚人, 垃圾鬼
	Taipei	垃圾, 垃儳, 癩哥爛癆, 驚人
	Kaohsiung	垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩哥, 驚人
	Tainan	垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩哥, 癩哥爛癆, 驚人
	Taichung	垃圾
	Hsinchu	垃圾, 腌臢, 癩哥
	Lukang	垃圾, 癩哥爛癆, 驚人
	Sanxia	垃圾, 腌臢, 癩哥, 驚人
	Yilan	垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩哥爛癆, 驚人
	Kinmen	垃圾, 腌臢, 驚人, 垃儳, 癩哥
	Magong	垃圾, 腌臢, 驚人, 垃儳, 癩哥
	Penang	垃儳
	Philippines (Manila)	腌臢
	Chaozhou	垃圾, 垃圾相, 腌臢
Wu	Suzhou	齷齪, 邋遢
Wu	Wenzhou	鏖糟, 髒
Xiang	Changsha	邋遢, 邋糊

Pronunciation 3

Min Nan (POJ): kiaⁿ-lâng

Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiaⁿ-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: kiann-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kvialaang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiã⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiã³³ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiã⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²³/

Verb

驚人

(Min Nan) to be afraid to meet people

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