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吓人

xià rén

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

吓人 (xià rén) means "to scare; scary; frightening". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 吓人 means

1. to scare
2. scary
3. frightening

The characters in 吓人

• 吓xiàto frighten; to scare
• 人rénperson; people

Example sentences

• 是不是吓人？
  Shìbùshì xià rén?
  Scary, isn't it?
• 我总觉得木偶戏有点吓人。
  I always find puppet shows a bit creepy.
• 这部恐怖片很吓人，我一看就睡不着觉了。
  Zhè bù kǒngbùpiàn hěn xià rén, wǒ yī kàn jiù shuì bù zhe jiào le.
  This horror movie is really scary. I couldn't sleep after I watched it.
• 《WHAT THE CAR?》中的雷射奶牛又好笑又吓人！
  The laser cow in WHAT THE CAR? is both hilarious and terrifying!
• 我的书桌很吓人：那么多那么有用抽屉，放在那么小、刚够伸腿的地方。
  My writing desk, a place of dread: an incredible number of incredibly useful drawers - combined with incredibly little legspace.

Sounds the same

Read xià rén, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 下人(old) servant; (dialect) children; grandchildren

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xià rén correctly.
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