吓

The character "吓" has 6 strokes. "吓" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "吓" has 2 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "吓" are "xià" "hè" . View the stroke order of "吓">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "吓"

int.: tut; tut-tut; humph

v.: threaten; intimidate; frighten; scare

• tut : excl.啧啧
• tut-tut : excl.啧啧
• humph : excl.哼
• threaten : v.威胁；扬言要；威胁要；恐吓；恫吓；对…构成威胁；使有危险；构成威胁；可能产生不良后果；似将发生
• intimidate : v.恫吓；威吓；恐吓；威胁
• frighten : v.使害怕；使担忧；使某人（或某事）吓得不敢做；害怕；受惊吓；忧惧；担忧
• scare : v.吓；使害怕；吓跑；吓走；受惊吓

Form words with "吓"

吓得直喘 gasp in horror

吓得缩作一团 shrink into oneself with fear

被吓得服服帖帖 be cowed into total submission

吓得直冒汗 sweat with fear

吓得晕了过去 be faint with fright

Example phrases using "吓"

• 黑暗中的脚步声吓得我毛骨悚然。

  The sound of footsteps in the dark made my blood run cold.

• 他吓得似乎浑身的血液都凝滞了。

  He was so scared that his blood seemed to have stopped flowing.

• 把那个破面具摘下来，别吓着孩子。

  Take that silly mask off, you’re frightening the children.

• 他把车开得那么快就是为了吓我们。

  He was driving fast just to scare us.

• 那只狗吓得蜷伏在桌子底下。

  The dog cowered/crouched down under the table with fear.

• 这个鬼故事把我吓得够呛。

  The ghost story frightened the pants off me.

• 吓得我头发都挓挲起来了。

  My hair stood on end with/in fright.

• 突然一声响，吓了我一跳。

  The sudden noise made me jump./The sudden noise gave me a big scare.

• 她蹑悄悄地走了进来，把我吓了一大跳。

  She tiptoed in and gave me a start.

• 她吓得一步也走不动了。

  She was too scared to move.