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受惊

shòu jīng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 受驚

受惊 (shòu jīng) means "startled". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 受惊 means

1. startled

The characters in 受惊

• 受shòuto receive; to accept; to suffer
• 惊jīngto startle; to be frightened; to be scared

Example sentences

• 我很受惊吓的。
  I was terribly frightened.

Sounds the same

Read shòu jīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 受精to be fertilized; to be inseminated
• 授精insemination

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shòu jīng correctly.
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