吓人

• Pinyin: xià rén
• Desglose de hanzi: 吓 = 口 + 下 (mouth + below — a cry that makes one shrink); 人 = person

Significado

aterrador; alarmante

Versatile in register — can describe a horror film, an alarmingly high price, extreme weather, or a terrifying exam. Often used colloquially to express that something is overwhelming or astonishing, not necessarily in a literal sense of physical danger. Closer to 'alarming' or 'jaw-dropping' in many contexts.

Ejemplos

1. 这部恐怖片里的特效制作得极为逼真，每一个转场都吓人得令观众不敢眨眼。
2. 本季度的运营亏损数字公布之后，董事会成员们面面相觑，那个数字实在太吓人了。
3. 山间的暴风雪来得突然，强风和雷鸣声交替响起，景象之吓人让初次进山的游客瑟瑟发抖。

Guía de uso

Contexto: daily life, media, finance, weather

Tono: negative

Correcto

• 那栋废弃工厂的外观破败不堪，夜晚在路灯昏黄的映照下显得格外吓人，周边居民早就呼吁市政部门尽快对其进行拆除或改造处理。(The dilapidated exterior of that abandoned factory looks particularly frightening at night under the dim yellow glow of streetlamps, and nearby residents have long been calling on the municipal authorities to demolish or renovate it as soon as possible.)
• 题目的计算量乍看很吓人，但只要思路正确，把它拆成几个独立子问题逐步处理，其实并没有表面上那么复杂。(The amount of calculation in this problem looks daunting at first, but if the approach is correct and it is broken into a few independent subproblems, it is not as complex as it seems.)

Incorrecto

• 吓人 in formal academic or professional writing — use 令人震惊 or 骇人听闻 for written registers; 吓人 is suitable for spoken and informal written contexts

Origen e historia

吓 (to frighten) + 人 (person) — literally 'frightening to people'

Contexto cultural

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal