驚青

Chinese

		frightened; scared	green; blue
trad. (驚青/驚靑)		驚	青/靑
simp. (惊青)		惊	青

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geng¹ ceng¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geng¹ ceng¹
    • Yale: gēng chēng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: geng¹ tseng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: géng¹ céng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛːŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

驚青

1. (Cantonese) scared; afraid; easily frightened; cowardly; flustered
   • 2019 May 18, 唐貝詩 [Lydia Tong], quotee, “處女古裝化身聶小倩 唐貝詩變王祖賢？”, in 《成報》 [Sing Pao], page B02:

     我們當時裝扮後只是拍照，不是真的演戲，但他都交足功課，他知道寧采臣是名書生要聶小倩保護，一副驚青的模樣。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     我们当时装扮后只是拍照，不是真的演戏，但他都交足功课，他知道宁采臣是名书生要聂小倩保护，一副惊青的模样。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     ngo⁵ mun⁴ dong¹ si⁴ zong¹ baan⁶ hau⁶ zi² si⁶ paak³ ziu³, bat¹ si⁶ zan¹ dik¹ jin² hei³, daan⁶ taa¹ dou¹ gaau¹ zuk¹ gung¹ fo³, taa¹ zi¹ dou³ ning⁴ coi² san⁴ si⁶ ming⁴ syu¹ sang¹ jiu³ nip⁶ siu² sin⁶ bou² wu⁶, jat¹ fu³ geng¹ ceng¹ dik¹ mou⁴ joeng^6-2. [Jyutping]

     At the time, after dressing up, we were just doing a photoshoot and not actually acting, but he went over and beyond and, knowing that Ning Caichen is a scholar who needs the protection of Nie Xiaoqian, made a frightful expression.

   • 2019 October 1, 李慶全, quoting 花姐 [Ahfa Wong], “經理人花姐稱姜濤讚警方有禮貌”, in 《文匯報》 [Wen Wei Po], page A31:

     不過他一向都驚青，屋企附近又放催淚彈，他最驚媽咪有危險，所以會陪媽咪落街。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     不过他一向都惊青，屋企附近又放催泪弹，他最惊妈咪有危险，所以会陪妈咪落街。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     bat¹ gwo³ taa¹ jat¹ hoeng³ dou¹ geng¹ ceng¹, uk¹ kei² fu⁶ gan⁶ jau⁶ fong³ ceoi¹ leoi⁶ daan^6-2, taa¹ zeoi³ geng¹ maa¹ mi⁴ jau⁵ ngai⁴ him², so² ji⁵ wui⁵ pui⁴ maa¹ mi⁴ lok⁶ gaai¹. [Jyutping]

     But he [Keung To] has always been easily frightened, and people are setting off tear gas near his home. He's most afraid that his mother would be in danger, so he would go out with his mother.

Derived terms

• 驚青鬼／惊青鬼