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吓坏 (xià huài): To scare badly (verb phrase) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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吓坏 consists of 2 characters.

吓 • xià • threaten; intimidate; to scare • HSK 2.0 L5

HSK 5

xià吓

threaten; intimidate; to scare

坏 • huài • bad • HSK 2.0 L3

HSK 3

huài坏

bad

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Pinyinxià huài

Meaningto scare badly; to terrify

Characters2

HSK—

Syntaxverb phrase

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Example Sentences with 吓坏

Nà那

ge个

shēng声

yīn音

bǎ把

wǒ我

xià吓

huài坏

le了

。

That sound scared me badly.

Tā她

kàn看

dào到

shé蛇

xià吓

huài坏

le了

。

She was terrified when she saw the snake.

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 吓坏.

Words with 吓

恐吓kǒng hèthreaten; intimidate; menace
吓人xià rénScary / frightening
吓唬xià huScare / intimidate
惊吓jīng xiàfrighten
吓倒xià dǎoto be frightened, to be intimidated
威吓wēi hèintimidate; threaten
恫吓dònghèto threaten, to intimidate
恐吓信kǒng hè xìnthreatening letter

Words with 坏

坏处huài chuharm
破坏pò huàidestroy; wreck; ruin
损坏sǔn huàidamage; injure; spoil
败坏bài huàiruin; corrupt; debase
毁坏

huǐ huài

To destroy / to ruin

时好时坏shí hǎo shí huàisometimes good / sometimes bad / fluctuate

使坏shǐ huàito play tricks, to sabotage

坏事huài shìbad thing; misdeed