嚇唬

See also: 吓唬

Chinese

		to frighten; to scare; to intimidate to frighten; to scare; to intimidate; to threaten	intimidate; tiger's roar; to fool
trad. (嚇唬)		嚇	唬
simp. (吓唬)		吓	唬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàhu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄏㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³ fu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàhu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄏㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàhů
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-hu⁵
    • Yale: syà-hu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiah.hu
    • Palladius: сяху (sjaxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ xu¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haak³ fu²
    • Yale: haak fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁸ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hag³ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːk̚³ fuː³⁵/

Verb

嚇唬

1. (colloquial) to scare; to frighten; to threaten

Synonyms

• 恫嚇／恫吓 (dònghè)
• 恐嚇／恐吓 (kǒnghè)
• 威嚇／威吓 (wēihè)