吓
人

To scare in Chinese: 吓人 (xià rén)

xià rén

to scare

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 嚇人1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to scare
  2. 2scary
  3. 3frightening

Stroke order

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吓
人

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄚˋ

xià

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄖㄣˊ

rén

ㄖ/ rㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

吓人

Simplified

嚇人

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这部电影的画面太吓人了。

    zhè bù diàn yǐng de huà miàn tài xià rén le。

    The images in this movie are too scary.

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Related words

人

rén

person

吓

xià

to frighten

男人

nán rén

a man

女人

nǚ rén

woman

别人

bié ren

other people

客人

kè rén

visitor

敌人

dí rén

enemy

个人

gè rén

individual

工人

gōng rén

worker

人才

rén cái

talent

人口

rén kǒu

population

人类

rén lèi

humanity

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