嚇 (haak3) — frighten; threaten; scare; intimidate; startle in Cantonese
haak˗₃嚇简 吓
Mandarin Pinyin: xia4
Meaning of 嚇
nounfrighten; threaten; scare; intimidate; startle
noun(verb) 1. to threaten; (adjective) scary
noun(verb) Threaten
Example Sentences with 嚇
jyun4loi4原hai6gam2,來faan2ji4係haiˍ₆噉，ngoˏ₅反beiˊ²而neiˏ₅係haak3jat1tiu3我timˉ¹畀你嚇一跳添
On the contrary, it's me that's scared by you!
做乜嚇成噉樣啊？
Why are you so frightened?
嚇嚫我！／我都畀佢嚇嚫！
[She] scared me! / I was scared by her too!
keoiˏ₅佢haak˗₃嚇wanˎ₄暈zoˊ²咗。
She had such a fright that she fainted.
keoiˏ₅佢haak˗₃嚇dou˗₃到samˉ¹心fongˉ¹慌fongˉ¹慌。
He was scared and flustered.
Words Containing 嚇
嚇呆haak3 ngoi4
dumbfounded; to be aghast (at); be petrified; be frozen
唔聲唔聲，嚇人一驚m4 seng1 m4 seng1, haak3 jan4 jat1 geng1
to catch sb. by suprise; do sth. totally unexpected to the suprise of others
嚇傻haak3 so4
scare sb silly/stiff; freeze with terror; be transfixed/petrified with fear
驚嚇geng1 haak3
to horrify, terrify, scare | [粵]: 嚇親
阻嚇zo2 haak3
deter (as variant of 嚇阻)
嚇人haak3 jan4
to scare someone
嚇到標尿haak3 dou3 biu1 niu6
to be transfixed / petrified with fear; to be scared shitless [colloquial]
嚇嚇haak3 haak3
to scare (someone) [colloquial]
嚇窒haak3 zat6
to scare, to frighten
嚇親haak3 can1
variant of 嚇嚫
嚇唬haak3 fu2
scare/bluff
恐嚇hung2 haak3
to threaten
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