惊讶

惊讶 jīngyà in a sentence

Surprised (astonished - startled)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 3 sentences

惊讶 (jīngyà) means Surprised (astonished - startled). Below are 3 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

他 惊讶 得张大了嘴。

Tā jīngyà de zhāng dà le zuǐ.

He was so astonished his mouth fell open.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 惊讶

听到这个数字,我非常 惊讶 。

Tīngdào zhège shùzì, wǒ fēicháng jīngyà.

I was astonished to hear this figure.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 惊讶

这次比赛他的表现让人 惊讶 。

Zhè cì bǐsài tā de biǎoxiàn ràng rén jīngyà.

His performance in this match was surprising.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 表现

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How is 惊讶 used in a sentence?

This page shows 3 sentences using 惊讶 (jīngyà, "Surprised (astonished - startled)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 惊讶 an HSK word?

Yes — 惊讶 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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The dictionary page for 惊讶 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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