吓人 meaning in English

xiàrén

to scare; scary

HSK 7-9Traditional 嚇人8 strokes

Meaning of 吓人

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiàrén
  1. to scare
  2. scary
  3. frightening

吓人 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

是shì不bú是shì吓xià人rén?
Scary, isn't it?
这zhè部bù恐kǒng怖bù片piàn很hěn吓xià人rén,我wǒ一yī看kàn就jiù睡shuì不bù着zhe觉jué了le。
This horror movie is really scary. I couldn't sleep after I watched it.
我wǒ总zǒng觉jué得de木mù偶ǒu戏xì有yǒu点diǎn吓xià人rén。
I always find puppet shows a bit creepy.
我wǒ的de书shū桌zhuō很hěn吓xià人rén:那nà么me多duō那nà么me有yǒu用yòng抽chōu屉tì,放fàng在zài那nà么me小xiǎo、刚gāng够gòu伸shēn腿tuǐ的de地dì方fāng。
My writing desk, a place of dread: an incredible number of incredibly useful drawers - combined with incredibly little legspace.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

吓 xià · to frighten · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

人 rén · person · 2 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2

Related words

Words that share a character with 吓人.

女人nǚrénwoman
男人nánréna man; a male
别人biérénother people; others; other person
家人jiārénfamily member; (old) servant
病人bìngrénsick person; patient
工人gōngrénworker
老人lǎorénold man or woman; the elderly
有人yǒu rénsomeone; people
人们rénmenpeople
大人dàrenadult; grownup
客人kèrénvisitor; guest; customer
好人hǎoréngood person; healthy person

Questions about 吓人

What does 吓人 mean?

吓人 (xiàrén) means "to scare; scary".

How do you write 吓人?

吓人 is made of 2 characters: 吓 (6 strokes), 人 (2 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.

Is 吓人 an HSK word?

Yes. 吓人 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 吓人 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 吓人 is written 嚇人.