Be startled in Chinese
to be startled · HSK 4
吃惊
- 吃 to eat
- 惊 to startle
听到这个消息，大家都很吃惊。 Everyone was surprised to hear the news.
More words with 吃 or 惊
How do you say be startled in Chinese?
Be startled in Chinese is 吃惊 (chī jīng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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