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吃惊

chī jīng

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 吃驚

吃惊 (chī jīng) means "to be startled". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 吃惊 means

1. to be startled
2. to be shocked
3. to be amazed

The characters in 吃惊

• 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 惊jīngto startle; to be frightened; to be scared

Example sentences

• 汤姆吃惊吗？
  Was Tom surprised?
• 这是令人吃惊的。
  Zhè shì lìngrénchījīng de.
  This is surprising.
• 他的话让我吃惊。
  His words surprised me.
• 你看起来很吃惊。
  You look surprised.
• 所有人都很吃惊。
  Everyone was surprised.
• 我听到这个消息很吃惊。
  Wǒ tīng dào zhège xiāoxi hěn chījīng.
  I was surprised at the news.

Where 吃惊 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Negative emotions & reactions (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chī jīng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.