"to be scared" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 害怕 | to be afraid / to be scared | syn | |
| 惊 驚 | to startle / to be frightened / to be scared / alarm | syn |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 提心吊胆 提心吊膽 | (saying) to be very scared and on edge | syn | |
| 发毛 發毛 | to rant and rave / to be scared, upset (Beijing dialect) | syn | |
| 心惊胆战 心驚膽戰 | lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom) / prostrate with fear / scared witless | syn | |
| 慑服 懾服 | to overawe / to be scared into submission | syn | |
| 谈虎色变 談虎色變 | to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom) / to be scared at the mere mention of | syn | |
| 吓一跳 嚇一跳 | startled / to frighten / scared out of one's skin | ||
| 怕死 | to be scared of dying | ||
| 有惊无险 有驚無險 | to be more scared than hurt (idiom) / to get through a daunting experience without mishap | syn | |
| 半条命 半條命 | half a life / only half alive / barely alive / (scared, beaten etc) half to death | ||
| 丧胆 喪膽 | panic-stricken / scared out of one's wits | syn | |
| 魂不附体 魂不附體 | lit. body and soul separated (idiom) / fig. scared out of one's wits / beside oneself | syn | |
| 毛 | hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1]) | syn | |
| 胆战心惊 膽戰心驚 | to tremble with fear (idiom) / scared witless | syn | |
| 屁滚尿流 屁滾尿流 | to piss one's pants in terror (idiom) / scared witless | syn | |
| 破胆寒心 破膽寒心 | to be scared out of one's wits | ||
| 心胆俱裂 心膽俱裂 | to be scared out of one's wits (idiom) | syn | |
| 恟 | scared, nervous | ||
| 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩 | lit. once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope (saying) / fig. once bitten, twice shy | ||
| 丧魂落魄 喪魂落魄 | scared out of one's wits (idiom) / in a panic | syn | |
| 吓疯 嚇瘋 | to be scared senseless | ||
| 吓破胆 嚇破膽 | to be scared out of one's wits / to scare stiff | ||
| 壮起胆子 壯起膽子 | to proceed with sth even though scared / to put on a brave face | ||
| 征彸 | scared / badly frightened | ||
| 怔忪 | frightened / scared / terrified | syn | |
| 破胆 破膽 | to be scared stiff |