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惊喜

jīng xǐ · jing xi

Traditional 驚喜

HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. nice surprise
  2. to be pleasantly surprised
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A surprise for Qiqi

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，明天(míngtiān)是(shì)琦琦(qíqí)的(de)生日(shēngrì)，我们(wǒmen)给(gěi)她(tā)一个(yīgè)惊喜(jīngxǐ)吧(ba)！

    Dengdeng, tomorrow is Qiqi's birthday. Let's give her a surprise!

  2. Dengdeng

    好啊(hǎoa)，什么(shénme)惊喜(jīngxǐ)？

    Sure, what kind of surprise?

  3. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)躲(duǒ)在(zài)门(mén)后面(hòumian)，她(tā)一(yī)进来(jìnlái)就(jiù)跳出来(tiàochūlái)。

    We hide behind the door and jump out when she comes in.

  4. Dengdeng

    她(tā)一定(yīdìng)会(huì)很(hěn)惊喜(jīngxǐ)吧(ba)？

    She will be so pleasantly surprised, right?

  5. Qiqi

    你们(nǐmen)的(de)声音(shēngyīn)这么(zhème)大(dà)，我(wǒ)都(dōu)听到(tīngdào)了(le)！

    You're so loud, I heard everything!

  6. Liangliang

    没关系(méiguānxi)，那(nà)我们(wǒmen)再(zài)给(gěi)你(nǐ)一个(yīgè)惊喜(jīngxǐ)：晚饭(wǎnfàn)我们(wǒmen)来(lái)做(zuò)！

    No problem, then here is another surprise: we will cook dinner!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

为(wèi)了(le)给(gěi)他(tā)生(shēng)日(rì)惊(jīng)喜(xǐ)，我(wǒ)准(zhǔn)备(bèi)了(le)一(yí)个(gè)非(fēi)常(cháng)棒(bàng)的(de)蛋(dàn)糕(gāo)。

In order to give him a surprise on his birthday, I prepared a fantastic cake.

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by eastasiastudent · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)不(bú)是(shì)个(gè)好(hǎo)惊(jīng)喜(xǐ)吗(ma)？

Isn't this a nice surprise?

Tatoeba: Chinese by BobbyLee · English by Hybrid · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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