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
惊慌失措
jīnghuāngshīcuò
to panic and be at a loss
Characters in this word
慌 huāng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 荒 wasteland, desert
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
失 shī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
措 cuò
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 昔 past, former
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 听到警报声，大家惊慌失措地跑出了教室。 Tīng dào jǐngbào shēng, dàjiā jīnghuāngshīcuò de pǎo chū le jiàoshì. Hearing the alarm, everyone ran out of the classroom in a panic.
- 小女孩找不到妈妈，惊慌失措地站在商场门口。 Xiǎo nǚhái zhǎo bú dào māma, jīnghuāngshīcuò de zhàn zài shāngchǎng ménkǒu. The little girl could not find her mother and stood at the entrance of the mall, panicked and lost.
- 他一看到蛇就惊慌失措，连手里的杯子都掉了。 Tā yí kàn dào shé jiù jīnghuāngshīcuò, lián shǒu lǐ de bēizi dōu diào le. The moment he saw the snake he lost his head in panic and even dropped the cup in his hand.
Related words
- 吃惊 chījīng surprised
- 震惊 zhènjīng shocked; shocking
- 大吃一惊 dàchīyìjīng to be greatly surprised
- 惊人 jīngrén astonishing, amazing
- 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
- 惊奇 jīngqí surprised; astonished
- 惊叹 jīngtàn to marvel at; to exclaim in admiration
- 惊天动地 jīngtiāndòngdì earth-shattering; world-shaking