吃惊
Meaning
- to be startled
- to be shocked
- to be amazed
Example sentence
他的话让我吃惊。
His words surprised me.
Characters in 吃惊
- 吃 chī to eat; to consume
- 惊 jīng to startle, to alarm; frightened
吃 to eat plus 惊, alarm. Eating a fright is being startled — a verb-object pair, so it splits: 吃了一惊.