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) 吃/喫 驚
simp. (吃惊) 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
吃 驚
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) きっきょー [kìkkyóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲi̥k̚ʲkʲo̞ː]

Noun

吃(きっ)驚(きょう) • (kikkyō) ←きっきやう (kikkyau)?

  1. a surprise, a fright

Verb

吃(きっ)驚(きょう)する • (kikkyō suru) ←きっきやう (kikkyau)?intransitive suru (stem 吃(きっ)驚(きょう)し (kikkyō shi), past 吃(きっ)驚(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:
      ベンサムが始(はじ)めて実利主義(じつりしゅぎ)を唱(とな)えて法律改善(ほうりつかいぜん)を説(と)いた時(とき)には、旧慣古制(きゅうかんこせい)に執着深(しゅうちゃくぶか)き英国人士(えいこくじんし)は、皆(みな)その論(ろん)の奇抜大胆(きばつだいたん)なのに喫驚(きっきょう)せざるを得(え)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
吃 驚
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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