| 吓唬 | xià hu | to scare; to frighten | |
| 惊吓 | jīng xià | to frighten; to horrify; to terrify | |
| 杀鸡吓猴 | shā jī xià hóu | lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others; pour encourager les autres | |
| 吓倒HSK 5 | xià dǎo | to be frightened | |
| 吓坏HSK 5 | xià huài | to be terrified; to terrify sb |
| 恐吓HSK 6 | kǒng hè | to threaten; to menace | |
| 威吓 | wēi hè | to threaten; to intimidate; to cow | |
| 恫吓 | dòng hè | to intimidate; to threaten | |
| 单方恐吓 | dān fāng kǒng hè | unilateral threat | |
| 虚声恫吓 | xū shēng dòng hè | to threaten; to intimidate (idiom) |
| 1 | Someone knocked on the door and gave me a shock. | |
| 2 | This horror movie really scared me. | |
| 3 | The tall man seems a bit intimidating. | |
| 4 | He used harsh words to scare off those rude customers. | |
| 5 | The thunderbolt scared me. |