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驚

jīng

frighten, surprise, startle

Strokes
23
Radical
馬
HSK
—
Tone
1

Simplified form: 惊

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 惊, the simplified form of 驚. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 这惊到我了。

    Zhè jīng dào wǒ le

    This startled me.

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  • 你看起来很吃惊。

    Nǐ kàn qǐ lai hěn chī jīng

    You look surprised.

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  • 所有人都很吃惊。

    Suǒ yǒu rén dōu hěn chī jīng

    Everyone was surprised.

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  • 这是一个惊喜。

    Zhè shì yī gè jīng xǐ

    It's a surprise.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 惊

  • 吃惊chī jīng 1–1 to be startled; to be shocked; to be amazed
  • 震惊zhèn jīng 4–1 to shock; to astonish
  • 惊喜jīng xǐ 1–3 nice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised
  • 惊讶jīng yà 1–4 amazed; astonished; to surprise; amazing; astonishment; awe
  • 惊人jīng rén 1–2 astonishing
  • 惊奇jīng qí 1–2 to be amazed; to be surprised; to wonder
  • 惊动jīng dòng 1–4 to alarm; to startle; to disturb
  • 惊jīng 1to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm
  • 大吃一惊dà chī yī jīng 4–1–1–1to have a surprise (idiom); shocked or startled; gobsmacked
  • 惊叹jīng tàn 1–4 to exclaim in admiration; a gasp of surprise
  • 惊慌jīng huāng 1–1 to panic; to be alarmed
  • 惊醒jīng xǐng 1–3 to rouse; to be woken by sth; to wake with a start; to sleep lightly