Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

嚇一跳

xiàyītiào

ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧ ㄊㄧㄠˋ

Simplified 吓一跳

  1. 1startled
  2. 2to frighten
  3. 3scared out of one's skin
Example

我嚇一跳。

wǒ xiàyítiào

I was shocked.

Keep 嚇一跳 and it comes back until you know it.

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