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startle

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

jing1 jīng

Meaning


Primary

startle

Alternatives

startled, startling

Mnemonic


[ji-] Jimmy Neutron is in [1] front of the [-(e)ng] English manor lounging on the immaculate lawn. Suddenly a 馬 horse trots up to him and gets on its hind legs and delivers a 敬 salute. Jimmy is so 驚 startled that he screams and runs away towards the English manor. The 馬 horse rolls his eyes at once again 驚 startling someone just by being polite.