男子从口袋中掏出枪,吓了我一跳。

To my horror, the man took a gun out of his pocket.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 男子 nán a man; a male
=2 cóng variant of cóng
=2 Cóng surname Cong
=2 cóng
  1. from; through; via
  2. (bound form) to follow
  3. (bound form) to obey
  4. (bound form) to engage in (an activity)
  5. (used before a negative) ever
  6. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) retainer; attendant
  7. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate
  8. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
=3 口袋 kǒudài
  1. pocket
  2. bag; sack
=3 口袋 koudǎi
  1. bag; sack
  2. pocket (bag sewn into clothing)
=4 Zhōng
  1. (bound form) China; Chinese
  2. surname Zhong
=4 zhōng
  1. within; among; in
  2. middle; center
  3. while (doing sth); during
  4. (dialect) OK; all right
=4 zhòng
  1. to hit (a target)
  2. to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc)
  3. to win (a prize or lottery)
5 掏出 tāochū
  1. to fish out
  2. to take out (from a pocket, bag etc)
=6 Qiāng surname Qiang
=6 qiāng
  1. gun
  2. firearm
  3. rifle
  4. spear
  5. thing with shape or function similar to a gun
  6. to substitute for another person in a test
  7. to knock
  8. classifier for rifle shots

classifiers: , , , ,

=6 qiāng
  1. variant of qiāng
  2. rifle
  3. spear
=7
  1. to scare
  2. to intimidate
  3. to threaten
  4. (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut
  5. (interjection showing astonishment)
=7 xià
  1. to frighten
  2. to scare
=8 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=8 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=8 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=8 liào unofficial variant of liào
9
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
10
  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
11 tiào
  1. to jump
  2. to hop
  3. to skip over
  4. to bounce
  5. to palpitate