戰戰兢兢

Chinese

trad. (戰戰兢兢)		戰戰	兢兢
simp. (战战兢兢)		战战	兢兢

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry:

戰戰兢兢，如臨深淵，如履薄冰。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

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战战兢兢，如临深渊，如履薄冰。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Zhànzhàn jīngjīng, rú lín shēnyuān, rú lǚ bóbīng. [Pinyin]

We should be apprehensive and careful,
As if we were on the brink of a deep gulf,
As if we were treading on thin ice.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhànzhànjīngjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˋ ㄓㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin³ zin³ ging¹ ging¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhànzhànjīngjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˋ ㄓㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhànjhànjingjing
    • Wade–Giles: chan⁴-chan⁴-ching¹-ching¹
    • Yale: jàn-jàn-jīng-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jannjannjingjing
    • Palladius: чжаньчжаньцзинцзин (čžanʹčžanʹczinczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zin³ zin³ ging¹ ging¹
    • Yale: jin jin gīng gīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin³ dzin³ ging¹ ging¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin³ jin³ ging¹ ging¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³³ t͡siːn³³ kɪŋ⁵⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 戰戰兢兢

1. (ideophonic) trembling with fear; apprehensive and careful; fearful and cautious

See also

• 戰兢兢／战兢兢
• 戰兢／战兢