HSK 6 · Emotions

诧异 chàyì “astonished” in Chinese

Traditional 詫異

What 诧异 means

  1. astonished
  2. surprised
  3. flabbergasted

How to say 诧异

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale诧chà4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale异yì4th tone, falling

诧异 in a sentence

  1. 听到这个消息，大家都很诧异。

    Tīngdào zhè ge xiāoxi, dàjiā dōu hěn chàyì.

    Everyone was surprised to hear the news.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他诧异地看着我。

    Tā chàyì de kàn zhe wǒ.

    He looked at me in astonishment.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 诧异 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 诧 (chà) with each of its parts in a different colour
诧chàto be surprised
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 宅residence · zháiSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 宅 (zhái) hints at the sound. Compare it with chà.

The character 异 (yì) with each of its parts in a different colour
异yìdifferent
  • 巳part of the character
  • 廾two hands · gǒng

How to write 诧异

诧 8 strokes · 异 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

诧异 (chàyì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 诧异 (chàyì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 诧异

Words with 异

异常yìcháng · abnormal优异yōuyì · outstanding日新月异rìxīnyuèyì · changing rapidly

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抱负bàofù · aspiration悲哀bēi'āi · sorrowful鄙视bǐshì · to despise不屑一顾búxièyígù · to disdain称心如意chènxīnrúyì · to be completely satisfied崇拜chóngbài · to worship冲动chōngdòng · impulse崇敬chóngjìng · to revere

FAQs

诧异 (chàyì) means “astonished” or “surprised”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chàyì: chà with a 4th tone, then yì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 诧异 is written 詫異. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chayi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 诧异 from the suggestions. Typing chayi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
诧异 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.