你干啥 吓我一跳
“What? You scared me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
有人呢
“Someone's here.”
你干啥 吓我一跳
“What? You scared me.”
“What are you doing here? Stargazing.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Phrases like '干啥' combined with vivid bodily expressions like '吓我一跳' characterize spontaneous, uninhibited Northern colloquial Mandarin between familiar people.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
What are you doing?
A heavily colloquial, Northern-flavored alternative to '你在做什么' or '你干吗'.
startled me / gave me a jump
An essential colloquial idiom used immediately after someone suddenly surprises or frightens you.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What the heck? You scared me.”
“What are you doing? Jumping around like that. You startled me.”
“What are you doing? You scared me!”
“What are you two doing? You nearly scared me to death!”