耸 (聳)
sǒng
Pinyin

Definition

耸 (聳)
 - 
sǒng
  1. to excite
  2. to raise up
  3. to shrug
  4. high
  5. lofty
  6. towering

Character Decomposition

Related Words (8)

耸立
sǒng lì
  1. 1 to stand tall
  2. 2 to tower aloft
高耸
gāo sǒng
  1. 1 erect
  2. 2 towering
  3. 3 to stand tall
危言耸听
wēi yán sǒng tīng
  1. 1 frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk
  2. 2 reds under the beds
耸
sǒng
  1. 1 to excite
  2. 2 to raise up
  3. 3 to shrug
  4. 4 high
  5. 5 lofty
  6. 6 towering
耸人听闻
sǒng rén tīng wén
  1. 1 to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people

Idioms (3)

危言耸听
wēi yán sǒng tīng
  1. 1 frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk
  2. 2 reds under the beds
耸人听闻
sǒng rén tīng wén
  1. 1 to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people
高耸入云
gāo sǒng rù yún
  1. 1 tall and erect, reaching through the clouds (idiom); used to describe tall mountain or skyscraper

Sample Sentences

这是因为你太紧张，会耸肩。
zhè shì yīnwèi nǐ tài jǐnzhāng ，huì sǒngjiān 。
That's because you're too tense. You tend to tense your shoulders.
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我觉得这就是杞人忧天，好好的日子不过，非要弄个耸人听闻的消息来娱乐大众。
wǒ juéde zhè jiùshì qǐrényōutiān ，hǎohāo de rìzi bùguò ，fēiyào nòng gè sǒngréntīngwén de xiāoxi lái yúlè dàzhòng 。
I think these fears are completely unfounded. Everything is fine these days, so people have to go around sensationalizing things in order to entertain the masses.
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不行啊！最近我们的销量一直在下滑。几本新杂志走低价路线，而且新闻越做越耸动。再这样下去，我们可要够呛了。
bùxíng ā ！zuìjìn wǒmen de xiāoliàng yīzhí zài xiàhuá 。jǐ běn xīn zázhì zǒu dījià lùxiàn ，érqiě xīnwén yuè zuò yuè sǒngdòng 。zài zhèyàng xiàqu ，wǒmen kě yào gòuqiàng le 。
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这可不是危言耸听。在互联网时代，人们越来越依赖电脑，如果不积极防止各种病毒的危害，以免电脑故障和信息泄露，那将对我们的工作和生活造成巨大的影响。
zhè kěbùshì wēiyánsǒngtīng 。zài hùliánwǎng shídài ，rénmen yuèláiyuè yīlài diànnǎo ，rúguǒ bù jījí fángzhǐ gèzhǒng bìngdú de wēihài ，yǐmiǎn diànnǎo gùzhàng hé xìnxī xièlòu ，nà jiāng duì wǒmen de gōngzuò hé shēnghuó zàochéng jùdà de yǐngxiǎng 。
I'm not just trying to scare you. In the Internet era, people rely on computers more and more. If we don't pro-actively guard against the danger from all kinds of viruses to prevent computer crashes and information leaks, it will have a huge effect on our work and life.
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