惊讶 (jīng yà) — surprised, astonished
Definition
惊讶 is a neutral ‘surprised/astonished’ — describes the reaction itself, with no positive or negative tilt. 惊喜 adds a happy ‘pleasantly surprised’ flavor; 震惊 is a much stronger ‘shocked’.
adjective
surprisedastonished
Examples
- ，惊讶。Tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xi, tā fēi cháng jīng yà.He was very surprised to hear this news.
- 惊讶。Tā jīng yà dì zhēng dà le yǎn jing.She opened her eyes wide in surprise.
- 惊讶。Dà jiā duì shí yàn jié guǒ gǎn dào jīng yà.Everyone felt surprised at the experimental results.
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