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title: "Xiaren Meaning: 吓人 (xiàrén) Means “scary”"
description: "吓人 (traditional 嚇人, xiàrén) means “scary; frightening; to frighten people”. Hear its tones, see what 吓 and 人 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/xiaren"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 吓人 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

吓人 xiàrén

## scary; frightening; to frighten people

## Its characters

1. 吓 xià to frighten
2. 人 rén person

## In a sentence

这部电影太吓人了。 This movie is too scary.

这样的文章，标题常常很**吓人**，还带着好几个感叹号。

From [家族群里都有什么？ · Chinese family WeChat groups: red packets, good-morning pictures and health rumours](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/chinese-family-wechat-groups#library-word-435-437)

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## More words with 吓 or 人

- [爱人 àiren](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/airen)
- [本人 běnrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/benren)
- [别人 biéren](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bieren)
- [病人 bìngrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bingren)
- [成人 chéngrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chengren)
- [创始人 chuàngshǐrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chuangshiren)
- [打工人 dǎgōngrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dagongren)
- [代理人 dàilǐrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dailiren)
- [当事人 dāngshìrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dangshiren)
- [大人 dàrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/daren)

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