"to scare sb" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
吓傻嚇傻	xià shǎ	to terrify / to scare sb

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
吓人嚇人	xià rén	to scare / scary / frightening	syn
吓唬嚇唬	xià hu	to scare / to frighten	syn
打草惊蛇打草驚蛇	dǎ cǎo jīng shé	lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom) / fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy / to punish sb as a warning to others
耸人听闻聳人聽聞	sǒng rén tīng wén	to sensationalize (idiom) / deliberate exaggeration to scare people	syn
危言耸听危言聳聽	wēi yán sǒng tīng	frightening words to scare people (idiom) / alarmist talk / reds under the beds	syn
吓跑嚇跑	xià pǎo	to scare away
吓嚇	xià	to frighten / to scare	syn
吓嚇	hè	to scare / to intimidate / to threaten / (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut / (interjection showing astonishment)	syn
唬	hǔ	a tiger's roar / to scare / to intimidate / (coll.) to fool / to bluff	syn
迋	wàng	to deceive / to scare / to travel
猇	xiāo	the scream or roar of a tiger / to intimidate / to scare
吓破胆嚇破膽	xià pò dǎn	to be scared out of one's wits / to scare stiff
杀鸡吓猴殺雞嚇猴	shā jī xià hóu	lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom) / to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres	syn
惊鸟驚鳥	jīng niǎo	to scare a bird into flight
一夕数惊一夕數驚	yī xī shù jīng	lit. one scare after another in a single night (idiom) / fig. to live in fear
唬人	hǔ rén	to scare people / to bluff / to deceive	syn
装神弄鬼裝神弄鬼	zhuāng shén - nòng guǐ	lit. to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom) / fig. to create a false sense of mystery / to play tricks to deceive or scare others / to engage in hocus-pocus

The four tones