Chinese Word: 讶 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

讶 (Trad.: 訝)HSK 6

Pinyin: yà

English Definition: astounded

Chinese Definition:
①惊奇，奇怪：讶然。讶异。惊讶。
②古同“迓”，迎接。

Total strokes: 6; Radical: 言

Pictophonetic: 牙 indicates the sound; 讠 (speech) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 讠 [ yán ] words, speech; to speak, to say
- 牙 [ yá ] tooth, molar; fang, tusk; serrated

Similar Characters: 玡呀

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惊讶	jīng yà	amazed; astonished; to surprise; amazing; astonishment; awe	HSK 6
讶异	yà yì	to be surprised; to be astonished
怪讶	guài yà	astonished
惊讶无策	jīng yà wú cè	to be stunned into inaction (idiom)

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1		āi yà 哎讶， wǒ men 我们 dà yī 大一 de 的 shí hòu 时候 kàn qǐ 看起 lái 来 duō 多 tiān zhēn yà 天真讶！ Ah, how naive we were when we were freshmen!
2		wǎng 往 qīng 轻 lǐ 里 shuō 说， wáng 王 jiā 家 shì 是 cuò 错 è yà 愕讶 bù 不 yǐ 已， zěn 怎 me 么 kě yǐ 可以 ràng 让 yī 一 wèi 位 nán 男 yī shēng 医生 jiē shēng 接生！ They were surprised, to say the least, to see a male doctor there in their home for delivery!
3		ér 而 bèi 被 wèn 问 dào 到 nà xiē 那些 tā men 他们 cóng méi 从没 kǎo lv 考虑 guò 过 de 的 jiǎn dān 简单 zhí jiē 直接 de 的 wèn tí 问题 shí 时 tā men 他们 què 却 xiǎn de 显得 rú cǐ 如此 yà rán 讶然。 They seem so surprised when asked simple direct questions that they have never considered.
4		shuō huà 说话 shí 时， yǎn lǐ 眼里 de 的 yà rán 讶然 jiù 就 biàn chéng 变成 le 了 lǐ suǒ dāng rán 理所当然。 While talking the Ya in the eye however became naturally.
5		bàn 半 gè 个 xiǎo shí 小时 zhè 这 liàng yà 谅讶 de 的 fú wù yuán 服务员 jué dìng 决定 wèn 问 zhè gè 这个 yīng guó rén 英国人 ná shuǐ 拿水 lái 来 zuò shén 做什 me 么。 After a half-hour the astonished servant decided to ask the Englishman what he was doing with the water.

1		āi yà 哎讶， wǒ men 我们 dà yī 大一 de 的 shí hòu 时候 kàn qǐ 看起 lái 来 duō 多 tiān zhēn yà 天真讶！ Ah, how naive we were when we were freshmen!
2		wǎng 往 qīng 轻 lǐ 里 shuō 说， wáng 王 jiā 家 shì 是 cuò 错 è yà 愕讶 bù 不 yǐ 已， zěn 怎 me 么 kě yǐ 可以 ràng 让 yī 一 wèi 位 nán 男 yī shēng 医生 jiē shēng 接生！ They were surprised, to say the least, to see a male doctor there in their home for delivery!
3		ér 而 bèi 被 wèn 问 dào 到 nà xiē 那些 tā men 他们 cóng méi 从没 kǎo lv 考虑 guò 过 de 的 jiǎn dān 简单 zhí jiē 直接 de 的 wèn tí 问题 shí 时 tā men 他们 què 却 xiǎn de 显得 rú cǐ 如此 yà rán 讶然。 They seem so surprised when asked simple direct questions that they have never considered.
4		shuō huà 说话 shí 时， yǎn lǐ 眼里 de 的 yà rán 讶然 jiù 就 biàn chéng 变成 le 了 lǐ suǒ dāng rán 理所当然。 While talking the Ya in the eye however became naturally.
5		bàn 半 gè 个 xiǎo shí 小时 zhè 这 liàng yà 谅讶 de 的 fú wù yuán 服务员 jué dìng 决定 wèn 问 zhè gè 这个 yīng guó rén 英国人 ná shuǐ 拿水 lái 来 zuò shén 做什 me 么。 After a half-hour the astonished servant decided to ask the Englishman what he was doing with the water.