吃惊
Pinyin: chī jīng
to be surprised
Example sentence
听到这个消息大家很吃惊。
Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi dàjiā hěn chījīng.
Everyone was surprised at the news.
What 吃惊 means
吃惊 (chī jīng) is a Chinese word meaning “to be surprised”. It belongs to the Work, Study & Feelings topic and appears at HSK 4, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.