怔忡

Chinese

		be startled	grieved; distressed; sad grieved; distressed; sad; uneasy
simp. and trad. (怔忡)		怔	忡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēngchōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄔㄨㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngchōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄔㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhengchong
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹-chʻung¹
    • Yale: jēng-chūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengchong
    • Palladius: чжэнчун (čžɛnčun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyeng trhjuwng

Rime
Character	怔	忡
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	諸盈切	敕中切
Baxter	tsyeng	trhjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇŋ/	/ʈʰɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛŋ/	/ʈʰiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiæŋ/	/ȶʰiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciajŋ/	/ʈʰuwŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛŋ/	/ȶʰiuŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛŋ/	/ȶʰĭuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛŋ/	/ȶʰi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēng	chōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing1	cung1

Verb

怔忡

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) to have palpitations; to palpitate

Synonyms

• 心動／心动 (xīndòng)
• 心悸 (xīnjì) (to have palpitations)
• 心跳 (xīntiào)

 

Adjective

怔忡

1. panicked; frightened; terrified

Derived terms

• 怔忡不安