Chinese symbol for “surprise”
惊讶
jīng yà
Traditional: 驚訝
amazed; astonished; to surprise; amazing
The closest CC-CEDICT match for surprise is 惊讶 (jīng yà), defined as: amazed; astonished; to surprise; amazing; astonishment; awe.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “surprise”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 惊讶.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惊人 (驚人) | jīng rén | astonishing |
| 惊喜 (驚喜) | jīng xǐ | nice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised |
| 震惊 (震驚) | zhèn jīng | to shock; to astonish |
| 吃惊 (吃驚) | chī jīng | to be startled; to be shocked |
| 惊奇 (驚奇) | jīng qí | to be amazed; to be surprised |
| 讶异 (訝異) | yà yì | to be surprised; to be astonished |
| 怪讶 (怪訝) | guài yà | astonished |
See also: Japanese symbol for “surprise”.
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.