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惊人

jīng rén

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 驚人

惊人 (jīng rén) means "astonishing". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 惊人 means

1. astonishing

The characters in 惊人

• 惊jīngto startle; to be frightened; to be scared
• 人rénperson; people

Example sentences

• 差异惊人。
  The difference is striking.
• 真是惊人至极。
  Zhēnshi jīngrén zhìjí.
  It was all more and more surprising.
• 我发现了一件惊人的事！
  Wǒ fāxiàn le yī jiàn jīngrén de shì!
  I've found something amazing!

Words starting with 惊人

• 惊人之举jīng rén zhī jǔto astonish people (with a miraculous feat)

Words containing 惊人

• 一鸣惊人yī míng jīng rénto amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity

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