如果一只老虎突然出现在我面前，我肯定吓死了。

If a tiger suddenly appeared in front of me, I'd be scared to death.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 如果 rúguǒ
  1. if
  2. in case
  3. in the event that
2 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
=3 只 zhī variant of 只 zhī
=3 只 zhǐ only; merely; just
=3 只 zhǐ variant of 只 zhǐ
=3 只 zhī grain that has begun to ripen
=3 只 zhǐ variant of 只 zhǐ
=3 只 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
4 老虎 lǎohǔ tiger

classifier: 隻
5 突然 tūrán sudden; abrupt; unexpected
6 出现 chūxiàn
  1. to appear
  2. to arise
  3. to emerge
  4. to show up
7 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
8 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
9 面前 miànqián
  1. in front of
  2. facing
  3. (in the) presence (of)
10 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
11 肯定 kěndìng
  1. to be certain; to be positive
  2. assuredly; definitely
  3. to give recognition; to affirm
  4. affirmative (answer)
12 吓死 xiàsǐ to scare someone to death; to freak someone out
=13 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=13 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=13 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=13 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào