骇
人
听
闻

Shocking in Chinese: 骇人听闻 (hài rén tīng wén)

hài rén tīng wén

shocking

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 駭人聽聞1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1shocking
  2. 2horrifying
  3. 3atrocious
  4. 4terrible

Stroke order

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骇
人
听
闻

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄏㄞˋ

hài

ㄏ/ hㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄖㄣˊ

rén

ㄖ/ rㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

ㄊㄧㄥ

tīng

ㄊ/ tㄧ/ iㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄨㄣˊ

wén

ㄨ/ uㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

骇人听闻

Simplified

駭人聽聞

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这个案子的细节实在骇人听闻。

    zhè ge àn zǐ de xì jié shí zài hài rén tīng wén。

    The details of this case are truly shocking.

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Related words

人

rén

person

听

tīng

to listen to

闻

wén

to hear

男人

nán rén

a man

女人

nǚ rén

woman

别人

bié ren

other people

客人

kè rén

visitor

新闻

xīn wén

news

打听

dǎ ting

to ask about

敌人

dí rén

enemy

个人

gè rén

individual

工人

gōng rén

worker

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