怯场

怯場

qièchǎng

verb #19,250

Meanings

1 to have stage fright
2 to get nervous in front of an audience

Characters

stage; venue; occasion

Examples

HSK 4

别怯场，放松一点。

Bié qièchǎng, fàngsōng yìdiǎn.

Don't get stage fright - relax a bit.

HSK 6

她第一次上台就怯场了。

Tā dìyī cì shàngtái jiù qièchǎng le.

She got stage fright the first time she went on stage.

Tips

memory

怯 (timid/afraid) + 场 (stage/occasion) - being timid on stage. The 忄 radical in 怯 shows it's an emotion.

Stroke Order

怯 qiè

场 chǎng