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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yà | ya4
English translation
astounded
amazed, surprised; to express surprise

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

讠牙

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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duì Huá Měi de Hóng 地毯 dìtǎn 舒适 shūshì de 椅子 yǐzi 感到 gǎn dào 惊讶 jīngyà .

I was surprised at the plush red carpeting and comfortable chairs.

小潘认为 rènwéi zhè 是不讲道理 dàoli 不近人情 bù jìn rén qíng de 虐待 nüèdài ,感到 gǎn dào 惊讶 jīngyà 困感 愤怒 fènnù , dàn yòu 无可奈何 wú kě nài hé .

Pen was bewildered with wonder, perplexity, fury, at this monstrous and unreasonable persecution.

dāng 听到 tīng dào zhè 消息 xiāoxi shí , 惊讶 jīngyà tiào le 起来 qǐlai .

When she heard the news, she jerked upright in surprise.

我们 wǒmen 惊讶 jīngyà de 发现 fāxiàn 房子 fáng zi shì kōng de .

We were surprised at finding the house empty.

tái tóu 惊讶 jīngyà de shuì , duì xiào 了笑.

Chueh - hui raised his head in surprise. He smiled at her.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
惊讶 jīngyà amazed驚訝
astounded
讶异 yà yì to be surprised訝異

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Decomposition

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