嚇窒

Chinese

		to frighten; to scare; to intimidate to frighten; to scare; to intimidate; to threaten	obstruct; stop up
trad. (嚇窒)		嚇	窒
simp. (吓窒)		吓	窒

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³ zat⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haak³ zat⁶
    • Yale: haak jaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁸ dzat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hag³ zed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːk̚³ t͡sɐt̚²/

Verb

嚇窒

1. (Cantonese) to frighten; to petrify; to shock

   • 又笑言近日被女兒的「舞功」嚇窒 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     又笑言近日被女儿的「舞功」吓窒 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2016, 將腳擺上頭！郭晉安畀囡囡嚇窒, 東方日報 (Oriental Daily News)

     jau⁶ siu³ jin⁴ gan⁶ jat⁶ bei⁶ neoi⁵ ji⁴ dik¹ “mou⁵ gung¹” haak³ zat⁶ [Jyutping]

     He also said smilingly that recently he was shocked by his daughter's dance moves

Synonyms

• 嚇呆／吓呆 (xiàdāi)