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吓唬

xià hu

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

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

What 吓唬 means

1. to scare
2. to frighten

The characters in 吓唬

• 吓xiàto frighten; to scare
• 唬hǔa tiger's roar; to scare; to intimidate

Example sentences

• 别想吓唬我。
  Bié xiǎng xiàhu wǒ.
  Don't try to intimidate me.
• 我没想吓唬你。
  Wǒ méi xiǎng xiàhu nǐ.
  I didn't want to surprise you.
• 我没想要吓唬您。
  I didn't mean to spook you.
• 我没想吓唬汤姆的。
  I didn't mean to scare Tom.
• 我不是故意吓唬你的。
  Wǒ bù shì gùyì xiàhu nǐ de.
  I didn't mean to spook you.
• 卡尔没想吓唬阿米利亚的。
  Karl didn't mean to scare Amelia.

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