壓驚

See also: 压惊

Chinese

FWOTD – 25 October 2016

		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
variant forms		硩驚／硩惊 Min
Literally: “to suppress fright”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yājīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aat³ ging¹
• Min Dong (BUC): dáh-*giăng
• Min Nan (POJ): teh-kiaⁿ / ap-kiaⁿ / ap-keng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yājīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iajing
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯a̠⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aat³ ging¹
    • Yale: aat gīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aat⁸ ging¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ad³ ging¹
    • IPA ^(key): /ɑːt̚³ kɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dáh-*giăng
    • IPA ^(key): /taʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ kiaŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teh-kiaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: teh-kiann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dehkviaf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /te(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kiã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kiã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /te(ʔ)⁵ kiã³³/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ap-kiaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ap-kiann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: apkviaf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ap̚³²⁻⁴ kiã⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ap-keng
    • Tâi-lô: ap-king
    • Phofsit Daibuun: apkefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ap̚³²⁻⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Note: teh-kiaⁿ - written as 硩驚 in Taiwan.

Verb

壓驚

1. to help someone get over a shock (typically with liquor, food or cigarettes)

   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”.