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Chinese symbol for “astounded”

大吃一惊
dà chī yī jīng
Traditional: 大吃一驚
(idiom) astounded; flabbergasted; taken aback

The closest CC-CEDICT match for astounded is 大吃一惊 (dà chī yī jīng), defined as: (idiom) astounded; flabbergasted; taken aback.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes
吃 chī
to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes
一 yī
one; a, an; alone
radical 1 ⼀ · 1 strokes
惊 jīng
to frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm
radical 61 ⼼ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “astounded”

WordPinyinMeaning
讶 (訝)yàastounded

Related words

Other words that share a character with 大吃一惊.

WordPinyinMeaning
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity
大陆 (大陸)dà lùcontinent; mainland; 块 (kuài)
大会 (大會)dà huìgeneral assembly; general meeting
重大zhòng dàgreat; important
吃饭 (吃飯)chī fànto have a meal; to eat
好吃hǎo chītasty; delicious
一个 (一個)yī gea; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
惊人 (驚人)jīng rénastonishing

See also: Japanese symbol for “astounded”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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