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)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīngrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jingrén
  - Wade–Giles: ching¹-jên²
  - Yale: jīng-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingren
  - Palladius: цзинжэнь (czinžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ging¹ jan⁴
  - Yale: gīng yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ yen⁴
  - Sinological 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

Synonyms

駭人／骇人 (hàirén)

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
alternative 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), 恐怖 (kǒngbù), 怕人 (pàrén), 嚇人／吓人 (xiàrén); (literary) 可怖 (kěbù); (Xiang) 吸人
(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
	Taiwan	髒, 骯髒
	Langfang	髒
	Cangzhou	邋遢
	Baoding	骯髒
	Shijiazhuang	髒
	Daming	陳
	Harbin	埋汰
	Yantai (Muping)	髒, 邋乎, 埋汰
	Jinan	髒, 窩囊, 腌臢
	Luoyang	齷齪, 邋遢
	Wanrong	髒, 日髒, 骯髒
	Xi'an	髒, 骯髒
	Yinchuan	髒
	Lanzhou	髒
	Xining	骯髒, 髒
	Ürümqi	髒
	Wuhan	拉瓜, 賴
	Chengdu	髒, 齷齪, 邋遢
	Guiyang	髒
	Kunming	邋遢
	Liuzhou	邋遢, 污糟, 涴
	Xuzhou	骯髒, 腌臢
	Yangzhou	髒, 邋遢
	Nanjing	髒
	Hefei	髒, 膿糟, 拾弄
	Singapore	骯髒
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
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	污糟, 邋遢
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	邋遢, 揦鮓
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	污糟, 邋遢
	Foshan	污糟, 邋遢
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	污糟
	Foshan (Shunde)	污糟
	Foshan (Sanshui)	污糟
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	污糟
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	邋遢
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	邋遢
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	揦鮓
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	揦鮓
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	揦鮓, 邋遢
	Jiangmen (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
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	垠
	Yangjiang	失引, 污糟, 揦鮓
	Singapore (Guangfu)	污糟, 揦鮓
Gan	Nanchang	腌臢
	Lichuan	邋遢
	Pingxiang	雷堆, 雷賴, 齷齪
Hakka	Meixian	漚紐, 穢
	Xingning	累贅
	Huidong (Daling)	囉嗦
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	囉嗦
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	囉嗦
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	烏數
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	烏奴
	Liannan	邋遢
	Jiexi	垃圾
	Changting	齷齪
	Wuping	屙糟
	Wuping (Pingyu)	屙糟
	Liancheng	屙糟
	Ninghua	齷齪
	Yudu	屙糟
	Ruijin	屙糟
	Shangyou (Shexi)	垃圾
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Hong Kong	漚紐, 累贅, 囉嗦
Huizhou	Jixi	活柴, 污糟
	Shexian	邋遢, 污糟
	Tunxi	遢邋
	Xiuning	遢邋
	Yixian	邋遢
	Qimen	邋遢
	Wuyuan	邋遢
Jin	Taiyuan	日髒, 髒, 腌臢
	Xinzhou	日髒
	Zhangjiakou	髒
Min Bei	Jian'ou	污喏, 垃圾
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	污喏
	Jianyang	污喏
	Wuyishan	垃圾
	Pucheng (Shibei)	垃圾
Min Dong	Fuzhou	垃渣, 濫𡞟, 懶露, 五鹵, 齷齪
Min Nan	Xiamen	流瘍, 流死瘍, 垃圾, 腌臢, 驚儂, 垃儳, 穢涗, 塕埃
	Quanzhou	腌臢, 兇, 驚儂, 穢涗, 塕埃
	Zhangzhou	腌臢, 垃圾, 淤漬, 驚儂, 垃圾鬼, 穢涗, 塕埃
	Taipei	垃圾, 垃儳, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	垃圾, 腌臢, 癩𰣻, 驚儂
	Kaohsiung	垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩𰣻, 驚儂
	Yilan	垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂
	Changhua (Lukang)	垃圾, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂
	Taichung	垃圾
	Taichung (Wuqi)	垃圾
	Tainan	垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩𰣻, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂
	Taitung	垃圾
	Hsinchu	垃圾, 腌臢, 癩𰣻
	Kinmen	垃圾, 腌臢, 驚儂, 垃儳, 癩𰣻
	Penghu (Magong)	垃圾, 腌臢, 驚儂, 垃儳, 癩𰣻
	Penang (Hokkien)	垃儳
	Singapore (Hokkien)	流瘍, 垃儳, 垃圾, 厚穢
	Manila (Hokkien)	腌臢
	Chaozhou	垃圾, 鏖糟, 凄疑
	Shantou	垃圾, 鏖糟, 凄疑
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	垃圾
	Jieyang	垃圾, 鏖糟, 凄疑
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	凄疑
	Singapore (Teochew)	垃圾, 邋遢
	Leizhou	邋滯
	Wenchang	尻髒
	Haikou	尻髒
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	污盧
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	齷齪
Wu	Shanghai	齷齪, 鏖糟 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	邋遢, 齷齪
	Suzhou	齷齪, 邋遢, 污糟
	Wuxi	污糟, 齷拉
	Danyang	髒
	Hangzhou	埲, 邋遢
	Ningbo	膩腥, 鏖糟, 淟汰, 邋遢 dated
	Wenzhou	鏖糟, 髒
	Jinhua	遮捏, 鏖糟
Xiang	Changsha	邋遢, 邋糊
Xiang	Shuangfeng	派老, 邋遢

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

Pronunciation 4

	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
alternative forms	驚儂／惊侬 Min Nan

Min Nan (POJ): kiaⁿ--lâng

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

Noun

驚人

(Philippines Hokkien) fearfulness; in a state of fear

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