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震惊

zhèn jīng

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

震惊 (zhèn jīng) means "to shock; to astonish". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 震惊 means

1. to shock
2. to astonish

The characters in 震惊

• 震zhènto shake; to vibrate; to jolt
• 惊jīngto startle; to be frightened; to be scared

Example sentences

• 他们震惊了。
  They were surprised.
• 我们都很震惊。
  We were all pretty shocked.
• 这让我感到震惊！
  Zhè ràng wǒ gǎndào zhènjīng!
  It shocked me!
• 汤姆和玛莉很震惊。
  Tom and Mary were surprised and shocked.
• 陪审团看起来很震惊。
  The jury looked shocked.
• 昨天的消息让我感到震惊。
  Zuótiān de xiāoxi ràng wǒ gǎndào zhènjīng.
  I was shocked by yesterday's news.

Words starting with 震惊

• 震惊中外zhèn jīng zhōng wàito shock the whole world

Where 震惊 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhèn–zhēn (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 zhèn jīng correctly.
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