Add to Chrome (opens the Chrome Web Store in a new tab)

What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 惊叹 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

惊叹 jīngtàn

to exclaim in admiration; to marvel at

Its characters

  1. 惊 jīng to startle
  2. 叹 tàn to exclaim in admiration (as in 赞叹, 惊叹)

In a sentence

游客们都惊叹于这里的美景。 The tourists all marveled at the beautiful scenery here.

更令人惊叹的是他的晚年:一百岁以后,他还出版了十多本书。

From 拼音是谁发明的? · Who invented pinyin? The story of Zhou Youguang

More about 惊叹

More words with 惊 or 叹

Keep 惊叹 for Review

A free account keeps it, and Review brings it back just before you’d forget it.

Look up another word

See any word in its sentence

Get a card like this for every word on any page or YouTube subtitle.

Type pinyin with tone marks

The best Pleco alternatives