湯姆嚇咗一跳。

Tom was shocked.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
=2 嚇 hè
  1. to scare
  2. to intimidate
  3. to threaten
  4. (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut
  5. (interjection showing astonishment)
=2 嚇 xià
  1. to frighten
  2. to scare
3 咗 zuǒ Cantonese particle equivalent to 了 le or 過 guò
4 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
5 跳 tiào
  1. to jump
  2. to hop
  3. to skip over
  4. to bounce
  5. to palpitate