骇 (hài): to frighten
骇 (hài) is a Chinese character meaning “to frighten.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 马 (semantic) and 亥 (phonetic). It ranks #2445 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 骇 horse. Its radical form 马 (horse) appears in many related characters such as 马 (mǎ, horse), 骑 (qí, to ride), 验 (yàn, to test, to verify).
Definitions
- to frighten
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骇人听闻phrase | hài rén tīng wén | shocking |
| 惊世骇俗adjective | jīng shì hài sú | universally shocking |
| 惊骇adjective | jīng hài | to be shocked |
| 惊涛骇浪phrase | jīng tāo hài làng | perilous situation |
| 骇人adjective | hài rén | terrifying |
| 骇然adjective | hài rán | overwhelmed with shock, horror or amazement |
| 骇怕 | hài pà | to be afraid |
| 骇客noun | hài kè | (computing) (loanword) hacker |
| 防骇 | fáng hài | anti-hacker |
| 威骇 | wēi hài | to intimidate |
| 杀鸡骇猴phrase | shā jī hài hóu | see 殺雞儆猴|杀鸡儆猴 |
| 骇异adjective | hài yì | (literary) astonished |
| 骇浪 | hài làng | swelling or stormy seas |
| 震骇verb | zhèn hài | to astonish |
骇 appears in 14 compound words: 50 as the first character, 29 as the last, and 21 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 骇 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
这个消息令人骇然，大家都震惊不已。
Zhè gè xiāoxi lìng rén hàirán, dàjiā dōu zhènjīng bùyǐ.
This news is shocking; everyone is stunned.
FBI:俄骇客正瞄准Signal等即时通讯用户
F B I : é hài kè zhèng miáo zhǔn S i g n a l děng jí shí tōng xùn yòng hù
FBI: Russian hackers are targeting users of instant messaging apps like Signal
骇人!高雄大寮机车骑士卷曳引车底 失去生命...
hài rén ! gāo xióng dà 寮 jī chē qí shì juǎn 曳 yǐn chē de shī qù shēng mìng . . .
Shocking! Motorcyclist in Daliao, Kaohsiung, dragged under a tractor-trailer and killed...
骇人!南韩航空公司离职副机长砍死机长 密谋...
hài rén ! nán hán háng kōng gōng sī lí zhí fù jī cháng kǎn sǐ jī cháng mì móu . . .
Shocking! Former South Korean airline co-pilot stabs captain to death; the two had conspired...
...片极限尺度!《墓乃伊》皮肤指甲扭曲变形 骇人模样曝光
. . . piàn jí xiàn chǐ dù ! mù nǎi yī pí fū zhǐ jiǎ niǔ qū biàn xíng hài rén mó yàng pù guāng
... Piece of extreme scale! "Tomb Nai" skin and nails are twisted and deformed, and the terrifying appearance is exposed
系统遭骇不排除顾客资料外流 圆山大饭店启动应变机...
xì tǒng zāo hài bù pái chú gù kè zī liào wài liú yuán shān dà fàn diàn qǐ dòng yīng biàn jī . . .
System Hacked, Customer Data Leak Not Ruled Out Grand Hotel Taipei Activates Emergency Response Mechanism...
骇客们找到渗透私人或公共网络的新方法。
Hàikè men zhǎodào shèntòu sīrén huò gōnggòng wǎngluò de xīn fāngfǎ.
Hackers find new ways of infiltrating private or public networks.
Character Family
Frequently Asked Questions
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