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惊动

jīng dòng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 驚動

惊动 (jīng dòng) means "to alarm; to startle; to disturb". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 惊动 means

1. to alarm
2. to startle
3. to disturb

The characters in 惊动

• 惊jīngto startle; to be frightened; to be scared
• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace

Where 惊动 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jīng–jìn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jīng dòng correctly.
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