吓 xià - English Meaning | HSK 5

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HSK level

Number of strokes

Traditional form

嚇 xià

Contains the radical

口 kǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

mouth

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰口下

Semantic compound

口 kǒu

Phonetic compound

下 xià

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 口 kǒu represents the meaning and 下 xià represents the sound. Simplified form of 嚇 xià .

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马 Mǎ 被 bèi 吓 hè 得 dé 用 yòng 后腿站立 zhàn lì 起来 qǐlai , 把 bǎ 女 nǚ 骑手 qí shǒu 甩 shuǎi 了 le 下去 xià qù .

The horse reared up in fear, throwing its horsewoman off.

要是 yàoshi 杰贝兹·史 Shǐ 东 Dōng 原先 yuánxiān 已 yǐ 吓 hè 破 pò 了 le 胆 dǎn 的话 de huà , 那 Nā 他 tā 现在 xiànzài 便是 biàn shì 魂不附体 tǐ 了 le .

If Jabez Stone had been sick with terror before , he was blind with terror now.

他 tā 被 bèi 他们 tā men 对 duì 工作 gōngzuò 的 de 高品质的 de 要求 yāoqiú 吓倒 xià dǎo 了 le .

He was daunted by the high quality of work they expected.

不 bù 要 yāo 到 dào 那 Nā 家 jiā 商店 shāngdiàn 买 mǎi 计算机 jì suàn jī ,他们 tā men 要 yāo 价 jià 高 Gāo 得 dé 吓人.

Don't buy your computer at that shop — they price them up terribly.

不 bù 要 yāo 把 bǎ 价格 jiàgé 提得太 tài 高 Gāo ,要不 yàobù 会 huì 把 bǎ 顾客 gùkè 吓 hè 跑 páo 的 de .

Don't put your prices too high or you'll frighten the customers off.

Explore 10 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 吓 hè in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
吓 hè	to scare	嚇 xià
吓坏 xià huài	to be really frightened	嚇壞
恐吓 kǒnghè	to threaten	恐嚇
吓唬 xià hu	to scare	嚇唬
惊吓 jīng xià	to frighten	驚嚇
吓倒 xià dǎo	to be frightened	嚇倒
吓一跳 xià yī tiào	startled	嚇一跳
恫吓 dòng hè	to intimidate	恫嚇
威吓 wēi hè	to threaten	威嚇
杀鸡吓猴 shā jī xià hóu	pour encourager les autres	殺雞嚇猴