吓 xià in a sentence
Frighten (scare - intimidate - threaten)
吓 (xià) means Frighten (scare - intimidate - threaten). Below are 6 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
这个声音 吓 到了孩子。
Zhège shēngyīn xià dào le háizi.
This noise frightened the child.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 吓
雷声 吓 醒了孩子。
Léi shēng xià xǐng le háizi.
The thunder startled the child awake.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 雷
他收到了恐 吓 电话。
Tā shōudào le kǒnghè diànhuà.
He received a threatening phone call.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 恐吓
用恐 吓 的手段是违法的。
Yòng kǒnghè de shǒuduàn shì wéifǎ de.
Using intimidation is against the law.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 恐吓
他闯进来的时候大家都 吓 了一跳。
Tā chuǎng jìnlái de shíhou dàjiā dōu xià le yí tiào.
Everyone jumped when he burst in.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 闯
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Words that contain 吓
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Questions about 吓
How is 吓 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 吓 (xià, "Frighten (scare - intimidate - threaten)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 吓 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 吓 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 吓 an HSK word?
Yes — 吓 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 吓?
The dictionary page for 吓 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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