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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hè | he4
English translation
to scare
to intimidate
to threaten
(interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut
(interjection showing astonishment)
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xià | xia4
English translation
to frighten
to scare
to scare, to frighten; to threaten, to intimidate

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

xià

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

mouth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口下

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

xià

Explanation

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

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Fāng 鸿 hóng jiān ǎi le 半截 bàn jié , 想不到 xiǎng bu dào 老头子 lǎo tóu zi 这样 zhè yàng 精明 jīng míng .

Fang Hung - chien was shaken to the core , never expecting his father to be quite so shrewd.

gǒu zéi páo le .

The dog scared the thief away.

hǎn 警察 jǐngchá , páo le yāo Xiàng 行凶 xíng xiōng de rén .

He frightened off his attacker by calling for the police.

发抖 fādǒu , 在床 shǎng , yòng 被子 bèizi 蒙住 le tóu .

Trembling with fear, he threw himself down on the bed and covered his head with the quilt.

shǎng le 警卫 jǐng wèi quǎn ,吓坏 xià huài le .

His encounter with the guard dog had completely unnerved him.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to scare 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

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