嚇人

Chinese

		to frighten; to scare; to intimidate to frighten; to scare; to intimidate; to threaten	man; person; people
trad. (嚇人)		嚇	人
simp. (吓人)		吓	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³ jan⁴
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷haq ⁶gnin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàrén
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-jên²
    • Yale: syà-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahren
    • Palladius: сяжэнь (sjažɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 下人 嚇人／吓人

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haak³ jan⁴
    • Yale: haak yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁸ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hag³ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːk̚³ jɐn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 嚇人／吓人 客人

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷haq ⁶gnin
    • MiniDict: hah^入 nyin^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴haq ³nyin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /haʔ⁴⁴  n̠ʲin²³/

Verb

嚇人

1. to make people afraid; to frighten

Adjective

嚇人

1. frightening; scary
2. (Wu) to a very high degree; extremely

Synonyms

• 可怕 (kěpà)
• 恐怖 (kǒngbù)
• 怕人 (pàrén)
• (literary) 可怖 (kěbù)
• (Hokkien) 驚人／惊人 (jīngrén)
• (Xiang) 吸人
• (Wu) 嚇殺人／吓杀人
• (Wu) 嚇人倒怪／吓人倒怪

Derived terms

• 嚇人倒怪／吓人倒怪