惊诧 (jīng chà) — surprised; amazed (literary, formal)

Definition

Literary 'surprised, amazed' — stronger than 惊讶 and almost entirely confined to written Chinese. As a stative adjective it typically takes 感到 / 十分 / 非常 rather than the degree word 很.

adjective

surprisedamazed (literary, formal)

Examples

惊诧。
Tā duì zhè ge xiāo xi gǎn dào fēi cháng jīng chà.
He was very amazed at this news.
，惊诧。
Tīng dào zhè ge jié guǒ, dà jiā dōu shí fēn jīng chà.
Hearing this result, everyone was quite astonished.
惊诧。
Jì zhě zài cǎi fǎng zhōng biǎo dá le jīng chà.
The journalist expressed amazement during the interview.

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