嚇 (haak3 haa1 | xia4; he4 ) : frighten, threaten

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嚇

haak3 haa1

xia4; he4

[粵] haak3 [國] xia4
frighten; threaten; scare; intimidate; startle

[粵] haa1 [國] he4
[interjection] tut; tut-tut; humph

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Stroke count: 17

Level: 3

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

嚇 / 吓

This word has been viewed 9457 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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嚇人 haak3 jan4 = [v] to scare someone

嚇唬 haak3 fu2 xia4 hu5 = scare/bluff 國

恐嚇 hung2 haak3 kong3 he4 = to threaten; to menace

驚嚇 geng1 haak3 jing1 xia4 = to horrify, terrify, scare

嚇破膽 haak3 po3 daam2 = horror; horrible

嚇呆 haak3 ngoi4 = dumbfounded; to be aghast (at); be petrified; be frozen

嚇嚫 haak3 can1 = to horrify, terrify, scare 粵

嚇鬼 haak3 gwai2 = to scare or to frighten (used in stating one is not)

嚇死 haak3 sei2 = to scare to death 粵

嚇親 haak3 can1 = variant of 嚇嚫粵

唔聲唔聲，嚇人一驚 m4 seng1 m4 seng1, haak3 jan4 jat1 geng1 wu2 sheng1 wu2 sheng1, xia4 ren2 yi1 jing1 = to catch sb. by suprise; do sth. totally unexpected to the suprise of others 粵

威嚇 wai1 haa1 wei1 he4 = to threaten; to intimidate; to cow

嚇窒 haak3 zat6 = to scare, to frighten

嚇阻 haak3 zo2 xia4 zu3 = deter (by instilling fear)

嚇傻 haak3 so4 xia4 sha3 = scare silly; freeze with terror 粵

阻嚇 zo2 haak3 zu3 xia4 = deterrent

恫嚇 dung6 haak3 dong4 he4 = threaten; intimidate

Showing all 4 examples containing 嚇

做乜嚇成噉樣啊？粵
Why are you so frightened?
[Lit. do what scare completely this-way [particle]?]

佢嚇暈咗。粵
She had such a fright that she fainted.
[Compared with its English counterpart, a Cantonese sentence that uses a resultative particle (暈 in this case) is much simpler in structure. ]

嚇嚫我！／我都畀佢嚇嚫！粵
[She] scared me! / I was scared by her too!
[Lit. scared-bad-thing me! / I also by her scared-bad-thing!]

原來係噉，反而係我畀你嚇一跳添粵
On the contrary, it's me that's scared by you!
[Lit. Originally like that, on the contrary it's me by you scared (particle) 原來係噉 is a useful phrase with no readily translatable meaning. (At least not consistently.)]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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