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驚人

驚人

See also: 惊人

Chinese

 
to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm
man; person; people
trad. (驚人)
simp. (惊人)

Adjective

驚人

  1. surprising; astonishing
Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

 
to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm
man; person; people
trad. (驚人)
simp. (惊人)
alt. forms 驚儂惊侬 Min Nan

  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiaⁿ-lâng / kiaⁿ--lâng
      • Tâi-lô: kiann-lâng / kiann--lâng
      • Note: In Mainland China, 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

  1. (Min Nan) scary; frightening
  2. (Min Nan, euphemistic) filthy
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of (“dirty”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
Mandarin Beijing 腌臢骯髒
Taiwan 骯髒
Jinan 窩囊腌臢
Xi'an
Wuhan 拉瓜、
Chengdu 齷齪
Yangzhou 邋遢
Hefei 、膿糟、拾弄
Cantonese Guangzhou 污糟邋遢、揦鮓
Hong Kong 污糟邋遢、揦鮓
Taishan 邋遢、揦鮓
Yangjiang 失引、污糟、揦鮓
Gan Nanchang 腌臢
Hakka Meixian 漚紐、
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 屙糟
Liudui (S. Sixian) 屙糟
Hsinchu (Hailu) 屙糟
Dongshi (Dabu) 屙糟
Zhuolan (Raoping) 屙糟
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 屙糟
Jin Taiyuan 日髒、腌臢
Min Dong Fuzhou 懶露、濫𡞟、五鹵、垃渣、齷齪
Min Nan Quanzhou 腌臢驚人
Xiamen 流瘍、流死瘍、垃圾驚人、垃儳
Zhangzhou 腌臢垃圾、淤漬、驚人
Taipei 垃圾、垃儳、癩哥爛癆、驚人
Kaohsiung 垃圾、垃儳、腌臢癩哥驚人
Tainan 垃圾、垃儳、腌臢癩哥、癩哥爛癆、驚人
Taichung 垃圾
Yilan 垃圾、垃儳、腌臢、癩哥爛癆、驚人
Lukang 垃圾、癩哥爛癆、驚人
Sanxia 垃圾腌臢癩哥驚人
Kinmen 垃圾腌臢驚人、垃儳、癩哥
Magong 垃圾腌臢驚人、垃儳、癩哥
Hsinchu 垃圾腌臢癩哥
Chaozhou 垃圾、垃圾相、腌臢
Wu Suzhou 齷齪邋遢
Wenzhou 鏖糟、
Xiang Changsha 邋遢、邋糊

Pronunciation 3

Verb

驚人

  1. (Min Nan) to be afraid to meet people