giật mình

Vietnamese

Etymology

giật (“to jerk”) +‎ mình (“body”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zət̚˧˨ʔ mïŋ˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [jək̚˨˩ʔ mɨn˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jək̚˨˩˨ mɨn˨˩]

Verb

giật mình

to jerk, to twitch
to be startled, to get a scare
giật cả mình ― (slang) to jump out of one's skin
- 2005, Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, "Cánh đồng bất tận" chapter 6 (in Cánh đồng bất tận), Trẻ publishing house
  Hai đứa tôi đều kỳ dị, đến mức nhiều khi tự giật mình.
  The two of us were weird, so much so that we often startled ourselves.

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