惊 jīng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 京 capital city
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
惊人
jīngrén
astonishing, amazing
Characters in this word
人 rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 人 — man, person
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这家公司五年内的增长速度十分惊人。 Zhè jiā gōngsī wǔ nián nèi de zēngzhǎng sùdù shífēn jīngrén. This company's growth rate over five years has been astonishing.
- 这个孩子的记忆力惊人，看一遍就能背下来。 Zhè ge háizi de jìyìlì jīngrén, kàn yí biàn jiù néng bèi xiàlái. This child has an astonishing memory and can recite something after reading it once.
- 夏天的高温让冰淇淋的销量增长得惊人。 Xiàtiān de gāowēn ràng bīngqílín de xiāoliàng zēngzhǎng de jīngrén. The summer heat made ice cream sales grow astonishingly.
Related words
- 吃惊 chījīng surprised
- 震惊 zhènjīng shocked; shocking
- 大吃一惊 dàchīyìjīng to be greatly surprised
- 惊讶 jīngyà surprised, amazed
- 触目惊心 chùmùjīngxīn shocking; appalling
- 大惊小怪 dàjīngxiǎoguài to make a fuss over nothing
- 惊动 jīngdòng to alarm; to disturb; to alert
- 惊慌 jīnghuāng panicked; alarmed
- 惊慌失措 jīnghuāngshīcuò to panic and be at a loss
- 惊奇 jīngqí surprised; astonished
- 惊叹 jīngtàn to marvel at; to exclaim in admiration
- 惊天动地 jīngtiāndòngdì earth-shattering; world-shaking