騰雞 [腾鸡]

Jyutping tang4 gai1
Pinyin téng jī

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to panick; to be nervous about something; to be frighten [colloquial]
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    驚青​；​冇​勇氣面​對
    nervous; agitated; afraid; scared; literally "trembling chicken"
    • 你咪騰晒雞先得㗎！幫手啊！
      你咪腾晒鸡先得㗎！帮手啊！
      nei5 mai5 tang4 saai3 gai1 sin1 dak1 gaa2? bong1 sau2 aa3!
      Pull yourself together! Come help with this!
    • 你𠝹親手啫，唔使咁忳雞喎。
      你𠝹亲手啫，唔使咁忳鸡㖞。
      nei5 gaai3 can1 sau2 ze1, m4 sai2 gam3 tan4 gai1 wo3.
      You only cut your hand, you don't need to be so scared.
  2. 近義詞
    忳、揗
  3. 參看
    忳雞、揗雞
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    我呢排系噉发一个梦，我喺只沉紧嘅船上面，啲水系噉涌入嚟，我好腾鸡噉拎住个桶𢳂走啲水。
    我呢排係噉發一個夢，我喺隻沉緊嘅船上面，啲水係噉湧入嚟，我好騰雞噉拎住個桶𢳂走啲水。
    ngo5 nei4 paai4 hai6 gam2 faat3 jat1 go3 mung6 ， ngo5 hai2 zek3 cam4 gan2 ge3 syun4 soeng6 min6 ， di1 seoi2 hai6 gam2 jung2 jap6 lai4 ， ngo5 hou2 tang4 gai1 gam2 ling1 zyu6 go3 tung2 𢳂 zau2 di1 seoi2 。
    • I keep having this dream where I'm on a sinking ship, and I'm frantically using a bucket to try and bail out all the water that's flooding in.