jīng

frighten, surprise, startle

DEFINITIONS

  • frighten, surprise, startle
  • to startle
  • to be frightened
  • to be scared
  • alarm

WORDS

打草蛇 dǎ cǎo jīng shé lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom); fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy; to punish sb as a warning to others
拍案奇 pāi àn jīng qí to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!; amazing!
受怕 dān jīng shòu pà to feel apprehensive; to be alarmed
無險 yǒu jīng wú xiǎn to be more scared than hurt (idiom); to get through a daunting experience without mishap
石破天 shí pò tiān jīng earth-shattering; breakthrough; remarkable and original work
科技悚 kē jì jīng sǒng techno-thriller (novel); science fiction thriller
科技悚小說 kē jì jīng sǒng xiǎo shuō techno-thriller novel; science fiction thriller
膽戰心 dǎn zhàn xīn jīng to tremble with fear (idiom); scared witless
膽顫心 dǎn chàn xīn jīng panic-stricken
心顫 dǎn jīng xīn chàn see 心驚膽戰|心惊胆战[xin1 jing1 dan3 zhan4]
自相擾 zì xiāng jīng rǎo to frighten one another
處變不 chǔ biàn bù jīng to remain calm in the face of events (idiom)
xū jīng false alarm; panic rumor; CL:場|场[chang2]
觸目心 chù mù jīng xīn lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking; horrible to see; a ghastly sight
zhèn jīng to shock; to astonish
中外 zhèn jīng zhōng wài to shock the whole world
世駭俗 jīng shì hài sú universally shocking; to offend the whole of society
人 jīng rén astonishing
人之舉 jīng rén zhī jǔ to astonish people (with a miraculous feat)
動 jīng dòng to alarm; to startle; to disturb
厥 jīng jué to faint from fear; (medicine) convulsions
叫 jīng jiào to cry out in fear
呆 jīng dāi stupefied; stunned
呼 jīng hū to cry out in alarm or surprise
喜 jīng xǐ nice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised