壓驚

See also: 压惊

Chinese

FWOTD – 25 October 2016

Etymology 1

		to crush; to press; to push down to crush; to press; to push down; to keep under (control); in the first place	to startle; to be frightened; to be scared to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm
trad. (壓驚)		壓	驚
simp. (压惊)		压	惊
Literally: “to suppress fright”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yājīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aat³ ging¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ap-keng / ap-kiaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yājīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yajing
    • Wade–Giles: ya¹-ching¹
    • Yale: yā-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iajing
    • Palladius: яцзин (jaczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aat³ ging¹
    • Yale: aat gīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aat⁸ ging¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ad³ ging¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːt̚³ kɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ap-keng
    • Tâi-lô: ap-king
    • Phofsit Daibuun: apkefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ap̚³²⁻⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ap-kiaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ap-kiann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: apkviaf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ap̚³²⁻⁴ kiã⁴⁴/

Verb

壓驚

1. to help someone get over a shock; to help comfort someone frightened (by treating to food and drink, etc.)

   我先抽根煙壓壓驚。 [MSC, trad.]
   我先抽根烟压压惊。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xiān chōu gēn yān yāyājīng. [Pinyin]

   I need to have a cigarette to help me recover from this shock.

   • 見到車子被兒子撞得稀爛，不但毫無苛責，許父甚至送檳榔、香菸給兒子「壓驚」。 [MSC, trad.]
     见到车子被儿子撞得稀烂，不但毫无苛责，许父甚至送槟榔、香烟给儿子「压惊」。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2016, 媽寶男酒駕撞2車肇逃 落網大喊要媽媽, China Times

     Jiàndào chēzi bèi érzi zhuàng de xīlàn, bùdàn háowú kēzé, Xǔ fù shènzhì sòng bīnláng, xiāngyān gěi érzi “yājīng”. [Pinyin]

     Seeing that their son had badly crashed the car, his parents did not blame him at all, and his dad even gave him betel nuts and cigarettes to “help him recover”.

Synonyms

• (Eastern Min) 矺驚／矺惊
• (Hokkien) 硩驚／硩惊

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 壓驚 – see 硩驚 (“to help someone get over a shock; to help comfort someone frightened; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 硩驚).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 壓驚 – see 矺驚 (“to help someone get over a shock; to help comfort someone frightened”). (This term is a variant form of 矺驚).