Hanzi
Traditional
詫
Simplified
诧

to be surprised/to be astonished

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 9

Pinyin

chà, dù

Bopomofo

ㄔㄚˋ, ㄉㄨˋ

Jyutping

caa3

Example sentences

詫異 / 诧异 chàyì
聽說他突然辭職了，大家都感到十分詫異。
听说他突然辞职了，大家都感到十分诧异。

Everyone felt very surprised to hear that he had suddenly resigned.

驚詫 / 惊诧 jīngchà
她看到房間被偷得精光，感到非常驚詫。
她看到房间被偷得精光，感到非常惊诧。

She felt very surprised when she saw the room had been completely looted.

Example Vocabulary

詫異

cha4'yi4

surprised; astonished; amazed

驚詫

jing1'cha4

to be surprised; to be amazed

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