Was Tom surprised?
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吃惊
Traditional: 吃驚
chī jīng
HSK 3.0 · 4HSK 2.0 · 4
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chī jīng · hek3 ging1 (Jyutping)
- to be startled
- to be shocked
- to be amazed
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
This is surprising.
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