Surprised in Chinese (Mandarin): 吃惊 (chījīng)
吃惊
chījīng
surprised
- Simplified
- 吃惊
- Traditional
- 吃驚
- Pinyin
- chījīng
- Typed as
- chijing
Use it in a sentence
哇，我好吃惊。
哇，我好吃驚。
Wow, I am so surprised.
The characters in 吃惊
吃
To eat; here it means to take in, to suffer.
6 strokes
惊 / 驚
Startled, scared. 忄 (heart) is on the left.
11 strokes
吃惊 is to "take a fright". A surprise is 惊喜 (jīngxǐ), a "happy startle".
More examples with 吃惊
我看到礼物很吃惊。
我看到禮物很吃驚。
Wǒ kàn dào lǐwù hěn chījīng.
I was surprised to see the gift.
大家都很吃惊。
大家都很吃驚。
Dàjiā dōu hěn chījīng.
Everyone was surprised.
How to write 吃惊 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
吃 6 strokes
惊 11 strokes
In Traditional characters:
驚 23 strokes
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