Chinese symbol for “terrifying”
骇人
hài rén
Traditional: 駭人
terrifying; shocking; dreadful
The closest CC-CEDICT match for terrifying is 骇人 (hài rén), defined as: terrifying; shocking; dreadful.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “terrifying”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 霹雳 (霹靂) | pī lì | thunderclap; (slang) awesome; shocking; terrifying |
| 雷人 | léi rén | (Internet slang) shocking; appalling |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 骇人.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骇客 (駭客) | hài kè | (computing) (loanword) hacker |
| 骇人听闻 (駭人聽聞) | hài rén tīng wén | shocking; horrifying |
| 惊世骇俗 (驚世駭俗) | jīng shì hài sú | universally shocking; to offend the whole of society |
| 惊骇 (驚駭) | jīng hài | to be shocked; to be appalled |
| 惊涛骇浪 (驚濤駭浪) | jīng tāo hài làng | perilous situation |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone; people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “terrifying”.
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.