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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “astounded”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 讶 (訝) | yà | astounded |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 大吃一惊.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family |
| 大量 | dà liàng | great amount; large quantity |
| 大陆 (大陸) | dà lù | continent; mainland; 块 (kuài) |
| 大会 (大會) | dà huì | general assembly; general meeting |
| 重大 | zhòng dà | great; important |
| 吃饭 (吃飯) | chī fàn | to have a meal; to eat |
| 好吃 | hǎo chī | tasty; delicious |
| 一个 (一個) | yī ge | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) |
| 惊人 (驚人) | jīng rén | astonishing |
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.