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骇

hài

Character Traditional 駭

What 骇 means

1. to astonish
2. to startle
3. to hack (computing, loanword)

Example sentences

• 骇客们找到渗透私人或公共网络的新方法。
  Hàikè men zhǎodào shèntòu sīrén huò gōnggòng wǎngluò de xīn fāngfǎ.
  Hackers find new ways of infiltrating private or public networks.

Words starting with 骇

• 骇人hài rénterrifying; shocking; dreadful
• 骇人听闻hài rén tīng wénshocking; horrifying; atrocious
• 骇客hài kè(computing; loanword) hacker
• 骇怕hài pàto be afraid; to be frightened
• 骇浪hài làngswelling or stormy seas
• 骇然hài ránoverwhelmed with shock, horror or amazement; dumbstruck; aghast
• 骇异hài yì(literary) astonished; shocked; amazed

Words containing 骇

• 惊骇jīng hàito be shocked; to be appalled; to be terrified
• 惊世骇俗jīng shì hài súuniversally shocking; to offend the whole of society
• 惊涛骇浪jīng tāo hài làngperilous situation
• 威骇wēi hàito intimidate
• 防骇fáng hàianti-hacker
• 震骇zhèn hàito astonish; to horrify
• 杀鸡骇猴shā jī hài hóusee 杀鸡儆猴

Characters built on 亥

These share the phonetic component 亥 (hài), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 该gāishould; ought to; probably
• 孩hái(bound form) child
• 骸háibones of the body
• 氦hàihelium (chemistry)
• 赅gāicomplete; full
• 陔gāistep; terrace
• 垓gāiboundary
• 胲hǎihydroxylamine (chemistry)

Characters that look like 骇

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 组zǔto form; to organize; group
• 孩hái(bound form) child
• 绍shàoto continue; to carry on
• 脂zhīfat; rouge (cosmetics); resin
• 皱zhòuto wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease
• 骊líblack horse; jet steed; good horse

Sounds the same

Read hài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 害to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm
• 亥12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the…
• 氦helium (chemistry)
• 嗐exclamation of regret
• 餀tainted food