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吃驚

chī jīng

B1 Level 5
Stative verb

吃驚 (chī jīng) is a Chinese word meaning “to be startled”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. to be startled
  2. to be shocked
  3. to be amazed

Stroke order

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Example

聽到這個消息，我非常吃驚。

I was very shocked to hear this news.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).