驚嘆

See also: 惊叹

Chinese

		to startle; to be frightened; to be scared to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm	to sigh
trad. (驚嘆/驚歎)		驚	嘆/歎
simp. (惊叹)		惊	叹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīngtàn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥㄊㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹ taan³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): keng-thàn / kiaⁿ-thàn

(Teochew, Peng'im): gian¹ tang³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīngtàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄊㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jingtàn
  - Wade–Giles: ching¹-tʻan⁴
  - Yale: jīng-tàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingtann
  - Palladius: цзинтань (czintanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ging¹ taan³
  - Yale: gīng taan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ taan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ tan³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰaːn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-thàn
  - Tâi-lô: king-thàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kengtaxn
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ³³ tʰan⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰan²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiaⁿ-thàn
  - Tâi-lô: kiann-thàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kvia'taxn
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰan²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰan¹¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gian¹ tang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiaⁿ thàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kĩã³³⁻²³ tʰaŋ²¹³/

Verb

驚嘆

to exclaim with admiration; to gasp in wonder

Derived terms

驚嘆號 / 惊叹号 (jīngtànhào)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
驚	嘆
きょう Grade: S	たん Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
驚嘆 (kyūjitai) 驚歎

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きょーたん [kyòótáń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ːtã̠ɴ]

Noun

驚(きょう)嘆(たん) • (kyōtan) ^{←きやうたん (kyautan)^?}

wonder, admiration, amazement

Verb

驚(きょう)嘆(たん)する • (kyōtan suru) ^{←きやうたん (kyautan)^?}suru (stem 驚(きょう)嘆(たん)し (kyōtan shi), past 驚(きょう)嘆(たん)した (kyōtan shita))

to admire

Conjugation

Conjugation of "驚嘆する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	驚嘆し	きょうたんし	kyōtan shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	驚嘆し	きょうたんし	kyōtan shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	驚嘆する	きょうたんする	kyōtan suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	驚嘆する	きょうたんする	kyōtan suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	驚嘆すれ	きょうたんすれ	kyōtan sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	驚嘆せよ¹ 驚嘆しろ²	きょうたんせよ¹ きょうたんしろ²	kyōtan seyo¹ kyōtan shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	驚嘆される	きょうたんされる	kyōtan sareru
Causative	驚嘆させる驚嘆さす	きょうたんさせるきょうたんさす	kyōtan saseru kyōtan sasu
Potential	驚嘆できる	きょうたんできる	kyōtan dekiru
Volitional	驚嘆しよう	きょうたんしよう	kyōtan shiyō
Negative	驚嘆しない	きょうたんしない	kyōtan shinai
Negative continuative	驚嘆せず	きょうたんせず	kyōtan sezu
Formal	驚嘆します	きょうたんします	kyōtan shimasu
Perfective	驚嘆した	きょうたんした	kyōtan shita
Conjunctive	驚嘆して	きょうたんして	kyōtan shite
Hypothetical conditional	驚嘆すれば	きょうたんすれば	kyōtan sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“驚嘆”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
驚	嘆

Noun

驚嘆 • (gyeongtan) (hangeul 경탄)

alternative form of 驚歎 (“admiration, amazement”)