吓唬 meaning in English

xiàhu

to scare; to frighten

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 嚇唬17 strokes

Meaning of 吓唬

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiàhu
  1. to scare
  2. to frighten

吓唬 in example sentences

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

我wǒ没méi想xiǎng要yào吓xià唬hǔ您nín。
I didn't mean to spook you.
别bié想xiǎng吓xià唬hǔ我wǒ。
Don't try to intimidate me.
卡kǎ尔ěr没méi想xiǎng吓xià唬hǔ阿ā米mǐ利lì亚yà的de。
Karl didn't mean to scare Amelia.
我wǒ没méi想xiǎng吓xià唬hǔ汤tāng姆mǔ的de。
I didn't mean to scare Tom.
我wǒ没méi想xiǎng吓xià唬hǔ你nǐ。
I didn't want to surprise you.

Stroke order for each character

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

吓 xià · to frighten · 6 strokes

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唬 hǔ · to intimidate · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 吓唬.

吓人xiàrénto scare; scary
恐吓kǒnghèto threaten; to menace
吓坏xiàhuàito be terrified; to terrify sb
惊吓jīngxiàto frighten; to horrify
吓跑xiàpǎoto scare away
吓倒xiàdǎoto be frightened
吓一跳xiàyītiàostartled; to frighten
唬人hǔrénto scare people; to bluff
吓傻xiàshǎto terrify; to scare sb

Questions about 吓唬

What does 吓唬 mean?

吓唬 (xiàhu) means "to scare; to frighten" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 吓唬?

吓唬 is made of 2 characters: 吓 (6 strokes), 唬 (11 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 吓唬 an HSK word?

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

How is 吓唬 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 吓唬 is written 嚇唬.