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
惊叹
jīngtàn
to marvel at; to exclaim in admiration
Characters in this word
叹 tàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 观众惊叹于舞者在极小空间里完成的高难度动作。 Guānzhòng jīngtàn yú wǔzhě zài jí xiǎo kōngjiān lǐ wánchéng de gāo nándù dòngzuò. The audience marvelled at the difficult movements the dancer completed in such a tiny space.
- 站在山顶，游客们惊叹于眼前壮丽的云海。 Zhàn zài shāndǐng, yóukèmen jīngtàn yú yǎnqián zhuànglì de yúnhǎi. Standing on the summit, the tourists marvelled at the magnificent sea of clouds before them.
- 大家都惊叹她的记忆力，几百个词一遍就记住了。 Dàjiā dōu jīngtàn tā de jìyìlì, jǐ bǎi ge cí yí biàn jiù jì zhù le. Everyone marvelled at her memory; she remembered several hundred words after one pass.
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
- 惊慌失措 jīnghuāngshīcuò to panic and be at a loss
- 惊奇 jīngqí surprised; astonished
- 惊天动地 jīngtiāndòngdì earth-shattering; world-shaking