吃驚

吃⫽驚 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to be taken aback; to be startled; to be surprised

• 驚訝／惊讶 (jīngyà)

/kikkjau/ → /kikkjɔː/ → /kikkjoː/

From Middle Chinese 吃驚 (MC kj+t kjaeng, literally “to stammer, to falter + to be afraid”).

• (Tokyo) きっきょー [kìkkyóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [kʲi̥k̚ʲkʲo̞ː]

吃(きっ)驚(きょう) • (kikkyō) ^{←きっきやう (kikkyau)?}

1. a surprise, a fright

吃(きっ)驚(きょう)する • (kikkyō suru) ^{←きっきやう (kikkyau)?}intransitive suru (stem 吃(きっ)驚(きょう)し (kikkyō shi), past 吃(きっ)驚(きょう)した (kikkyō shita))

1. to be surprised, to be frightened
   • 1926, 穂積陳重, 法窓夜話‎^[1], 青空文庫:

     ベンサムが始(はじ)めて実利主義(じつりしゅぎ)を唱(とな)えて法律改善(ほうりつかいぜん)を説(と)いた時(とき)には、旧慣古制(きゅうかんこせい)に執着深(しゅうちゃくぶか)き英国人士(えいこくじんし)は、皆(みな)その論(ろん)の奇抜大胆(きばつだいたん)なのに喫驚(きっきょう)せざるを得(え)なかった。

     Bensamu ga hajimete jitsuri shugi o tonaete hōritsu kaizen o toita toki ni wa, kyūkan kosei ni shūchaku-bukaki Eikoku jinshi wa, mina sono ron no kibatsu daitan na no ni kikkyō sezaru o enakatta.

     When Bentham first advocated utilitarianism and amendment of the law, all the gentlemen of Britain, who had a strong attachment to old customs and rules, could not help but be surprised at the eccentricity and audacity of his theories.