indicating that something scares someone
55.4
To tell someone not to worry or be nervous, say:
别着急。 别紧张。
別緊張。
Bié zháojí. Bié jǐnzhāng.
Don’t worry. Don’t be nervous.
To ask someone in an informal context what they are worried about, say:
你着什么急啊？
你著什麼急啊？
Nǐ zháo shénme jí a?
What are you worried about?
55.3 Indicating that something is scary
To indicate that something is scary or frightening, say:
something 可怕 kěpà
今天看的这个电影真可怕
今天看的這個電影真可怕。
Jīntiān kàn de zhège diànyǐng zhēn kěpà.
The movie we saw today was very scary.
战争真可怕。
戰爭真可怕。
Zhànzhēng zhēn kěpà.
War is very frightening.
To describe something as scary, say:
恐怖的 noun
kǒngbù de noun
scary noun
我不喜欢看恐怖的电影。
我不喜歡看恐怖的電影。
Wǒ bù xǐhuan kàn kǒngbù de diànyǐng.
I don’t like to watch horror movies.
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55.4 Indicating that something scares someone
something 吓/嚇 xià someone
别吓着孩子。
別嚇著孩子。
Bié xiàzhe háizi.
Don’t scare the child.
你别吓我好不好？
你別嚇我好不好？
Nǐ bié xià wǒ hǎo bù hǎo?
Don’t scare me, okay?
你吓死我了。
你嚇死我了。
Nǐ xiàsǐ wǒ le.
You scared me to death.
