# 吓人 (xiàrén)

In Mandarin Chinese, 吓人 (xiàrén) means “scary; frightening; to scare people”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: scary; frightening; to scare people
- Pinyin: xiàrén (xia4 ren2)
- Traditional: 嚇人
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 今晚外面的雷声真吓人。
  Jīnwǎn wàimiàn de léishēng zhēn xiàrén.
  The thunder outside is really scary tonight.

## Characters

- [吓](https://hanziro.com/word/xia-frighten/) (xià): to frighten; to scare
- [人](https://hanziro.com/word/ren-person/) (rén): person; people

https://hanziro.com/word/xia-ren-scary/

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