嚇人

Chinese

		to frighten; to scare; to intimidate to frighten; to scare; to intimidate; to threaten	man; person; people
trad. (嚇人)		嚇	人
simp. (吓人)		吓	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàrén

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³ jan⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷haq ⁶gnin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàrén
  - Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-jên²
  - Yale: syà-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahren
  - Palladius: сяжэнь (sjažɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    下人
    嚇人 / 吓人
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: haak³ jan⁴
  - Yale: haak yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁸ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hag³ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːk̚³ jɐn²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    客人
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷haq ⁶gnin
  - MiniDict: hah^入 nyin^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴haq ³nyin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /haʔ⁴⁴ n̠ʲin²³/

Verb

嚇人

to make people afraid; to frighten

Adjective

嚇人

frightening; scary
(Wu) to a very high degree; extremely

Synonyms

可怕 (kěpà)
恐怖 (kǒngbù)
怕人 (pàrén)
(literary) 可怖 (kěbù)
(Hokkien) 驚人／惊人 (jīngrén)
(Xiang) 吸人
(Wu) 嚇殺人／吓杀人
(Wu) 嚇人倒怪／吓人倒怪

Derived terms

哈人 (hǎrén)
嚇人倒怪 / 吓人倒怪