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惊吓

jīng xià

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

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

What 惊吓 means

1. to frighten
2. to horrify
3. to terrify

The characters in 惊吓

• 惊jīngto startle; to be frightened; to be scared
• 吓xiàto frighten; to scare

Example sentences

• 我很受惊吓的。
  I was terribly frightened.
• 汤姆看来受了点惊吓。
  Tāngmǔ kànlai shòu le diǎn jīngxià.
  Tom looked a little frightened.
• 猫被陌生的噪音惊吓到了。
  Māo bèi mòshēng de zàoyīn jīngxià dào le.
  The cat was scared by an unfamiliar noise.
• 猫被没听过的噪音惊吓到了。
  The cat was scared by an unfamiliar noise.
• 猴子跳到他身上的时候，他受到了惊吓。
  Hóuzi tiào dào tā shēnshang de shíhou, tā shòudào le jīngxià.
  He was scared when the monkey jumped at him.

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