Chinese symbol for “startled”
受惊
shòu jīng
Traditional: 受驚
startled
The closest CC-CEDICT match for startled is 受惊 (shòu jīng), defined as: startled.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “startled”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吓一跳 (嚇一跳) | xià yī tiào | startled; to frighten |
| 瞿 | qú | startled; Taiwan pr. [ju4] |
| 怔 | zhēng | (bound form) startled; terrified; panic-stricken |
| 愕 | è | startled |
| 错愕 (錯愕) | cuò è | astonished; startled |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 受惊.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 接受 | jiē shòu | to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce |
| 受到 | shòu dào | to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) |
| 感受 | gǎn shòu | to sense; perception |
| 享受 | xiǎng shòu | to enjoy; to live it up |
| 受伤 (受傷) | shòu shāng | to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc) |
| 受害者 | shòu hài zhě | casualty; victim |
| 惊人 (驚人) | jīng rén | astonishing |
| 惊讶 (驚訝) | jīng yà | amazed; astonished |
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.