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惊奇

jīng qí

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

惊奇 (jīng qí) means "to be amazed; to be surprised; to wonder". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 惊奇 means

1. to be amazed
2. to be surprised
3. to wonder

The characters in 惊奇

• 惊jīngto startle; to be frightened; to be scared
• 奇qístrange; odd; weird

Example sentences

• 日本充满惊奇。
  Rìběn chōngmǎn jīngqí.
  Japan is full of surprises!
• 他惊奇地看着我。
  Tā jīngqí de kàn zhe wǒ.
  He looked at me in surprise.
• 感到惊讶、感到惊奇就是明白的开始。
  Gǎndào jīngyà, gǎndào jīngqí jiùshì míngbai de kāishǐ.
  To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.

Words containing 惊奇

• 拍案惊奇pāi àn jīng qíto slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!; amazing!
• 初刻拍案惊奇Chū kè Pāi àn Jīng qíSlapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by…
• 二刻拍案惊奇Èr kè Pāi àn Jīng qíSlapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by…

Sounds the same

Read jīng qí, tone for tone, but written differently.

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Where 惊奇 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.

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