惊
jīng HSK4

startle, frighten

惊 驚 jīng
to be startled adjectiveverb
to be startled; to be frightened, scared, or shocked by a sudden stimulus

得知你没通过，我很吃惊。

dé​zhī nǐ méi tōng​guò, wǒ hěn chī jīng.

I was surprised when I learned you didn't pass.

surprising noun
surprising; unexpected; wonderful
to startle adjectiveverb
to startle; to alarm; to cause surprise or shock
to stampede verb
(of horses or mules) to bolt; to be spooked or shy; to run wild out of control

那匹马沿路惊奔而去。

nà pǐ mǎ yán lù jīng bēn ér qù.

The horse bolted down the road.

violent
violent; fierce; intense (of movement or action)

Cross-References

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Frequency
Character
Written text
659th most common 308.6 per million
Movie subtitles
653rd most common 207.0 per million appears in 66% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
19.8 per million appears in 8% of films
Written text
50.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Traditional
驚
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+60CA

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)