惶惶 [－－]

Jyutping wong4 wong4
Pinyin huáng huáng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. alarmed
  2. anxious
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj, ideophonic, literary
    agitated; anxious; uneasy; terrified; upset
    (syn.) 惶遽, 惶惑
  2. adj, ideophonic, literary
    hurried; hasty; rushed
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    沙士 流行期间，市民人心惶惶。
    沙士 流行期間，市民人心惶惶。
    saa1 si2 lau4 hang4 kei4 gaan1, si5 man4 jan4 sam1 wong4 wong4.
    • There was panic in the community during the period of SARS.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    变法变得人心惶惶，怨声载道。居然还找日本人当顾问。这不是引狼入室，请鬼来开药方呢？
    變法變得人心惶惶，怨聲載道。居然還找日本人當顧問。這不是引狼入室，請鬼來開藥方呢？
    biàn fǎ biàn dé rén xīn huáng huáng ， yuàn shēng zǎi dào ． jū rán hái zhǎo rì běn rén dāng gù wèn ． zhè bù shì yǐn láng rù shì ， qǐng guǐ lái kāi yào fāng ne ？
    • The administrative reform has turned public sentiment into fright that hue and cry can be heard from every corner. Yet you went to extremes to get a Japanese to serve as your adviser? Isn't this an act of leading a wolf into your chamber, inviting a ghost to write for you a medication order?
  2. Mandarin
    变法变得人心惶惶，怨声载道。居然还找日本人当顾问。这不是引狼入室，请鬼来开药方呢？
    變法變得人心惶惶，怨聲載道。居然還找日本人當顧問。這不是引狼入室，請鬼來開藥方呢？
    biàn fǎ biàn dé rén xīn huáng huáng ， yuàn shēng zài dào ． jū rán hái zhǎo rì běn rén dāng gù wèn ． zhè bù shì yǐn láng rù shì ， qǐng guǐ lái kāi yào fāng ne ？
    • The administrative reform has turned public sentiment into fright that hue and cry can be heard from every corner. Yet you went to extremes to get a Japanese to serve as your adviser? Isn't this an act of leading a wolf into your chamber, inviting a ghost to write for you a medication order?
  3. Mandarin
    人心惶惶，不可终日
    人心惶惶，不可終日
    rén xīn huáng huáng ， bù kě zhōng rì
    • people were so anxious that they felt they couldn't live for a single day
  4. Mandarin
    你就别妖言惑众了，弄得人心惶惶。
    你就別妖言惑眾了，弄得人心惶惶。
    nǐ jiù bié yāo yán huò zhòng le ， nòng de rén xīn huáng huáng ．
    • Don't spread fallacies to deceive people. It is making everyone feel jittery.