Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

astounded

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “ya” becomes a different word in each tone. 讶 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 惊讶jīng yàamazed; astonished; to surprise; amazing
  • 讶异yà yìto be surprised; to be astonished
  • 怪讶guài yàastonished

Example Sentence

听到这个消息,他十分惊讶。Tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xi, tā shí fēn jīng yà.Hearing this news, he was very surprised.

听到Tīng dàoto hear这个zhè ge(pronoun) this消息xiāo xi(piece of) newshe十分shí fēnvery惊讶jīng yàamazed