# 吓唬 (xiàhu)

In Mandarin Chinese, 吓唬 (xiàhu) means “to scare; to frighten; to bluff”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to scare; to frighten; to bluff
- Pinyin: xiàhu (xia4 hu5)
- Traditional: 嚇唬
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 别吓唬孩子，他还小呢。
  Bié xiàhu háizi, tā hái xiǎo ne.
  Don't scare the child; he is still young.

## Characters

- [吓](https://hanziro.com/word/xia-frighten/) (xià): to frighten; to scare
- 唬 (hǔ): a tiger's roar; to scare

https://hanziro.com/word/xia-hu-scare/

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