驚輸

See also: 惊输

Chinese

		to startle; to be frightened; to be scared to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm	to transport; to lose
trad. (驚輸)		驚	輸
simp. (惊输)		惊	输

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīngshū

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥㄕㄨ
Min Nan (POJ): kiaⁿ-su

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: jīngshū
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄕㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingshu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    經書／经书
    驚輸／惊输
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiaⁿ-su
  - Tâi-lô: kiann-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kviasw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiã⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiã³³ su³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiã⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴⁴/

Noun

驚輸

(chiefly Min Nan) fear of losing
The extended meaning is rendered in Mandarin by the idiom 占著茅坑不拉屎／占着茅坑不拉屎 (“occupying the latrine without defecating”).

Descendants

English: kiasu

See also

驚死／惊死

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