| 惊讶 | jīng yà | amazed / astonished / to surprise / amazing / astonishment / awe |   |
| 掩 |  yǎn | to cover up / to close / to surprise | |
| 揜 | yǎn | cover up / to surprise | |
| 惊怖 | jīng bù | to surprise | |
| 竟然 | jìng rán | unexpectedly / to one's surprise / in spite of everything / in that crazy way / actually / to go as far as to | |
| 居然 | jū rán | unexpectedly / to one's surprise / go so far as to | |
| 惊喜 | jīng xǐ | nice surprise / to be pleasantly surprised | |
| 袭击 | xí jī | attack (esp. surprise attack) / raid / to attack | |
| 不料 | bù liào | unexpectedly / to one's surprise | |
| 惊呼 | jīng hū | to cry out in alarm or surprise | |
| 大吃一惊 | dà chī yī jīng | to have a surprise (idiom) / shocked or startled / gobsmacked | |
| 惊叹 | jīng tàn | to exclaim in admiration / a gasp of surprise | |
| 突袭 | tū xí | to raid / to storm / surprise attack | |
| 哎哟 | āi yō | hey / ow / ouch / interjection of pain or surprise | |
| 啊呀 | ā yā | interjection of surprise / Oh my! | |
| 不期 | bù qī | unexpectedly / to one's surprise | |
| 奇袭 | qí xí | surprise attack / raid | |
| 惊起 | jīng qǐ | to start in surprise / to give a jolt of surprise | |
| 出奇制胜 | chū qí zhì shèng | to win by a surprise move | |
| 哎呦 | āi yōu | (interjection of surprise, pain, annoyance etc) / Oh my! / Uh-oh! / Ah! / Ouch! | |
| 啊哟 | ā yo | interjection of surprise or pain / Oh / Ow / My goodness! | |
| 哎唷 | āi yō | interjection of pain or surprise / also written 哎喲|哎哟 | |
| 结舌 | jié shé | tongue-tied / unable to speak (out of surprise, embarrassment etc) | |
| 啊 | ā | interjection of surprise / Ah! / Oh! | |
| 啊 | ǎ | interjection of surprise or doubt / Eh? / My! / what's up? | |
| 乘人不备 | chéng rén bù bèi | to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment (idiom) / to take sb by surprise | |
| 呀 | ya | (particle equivalent to 啊 / after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 哎 | āi | hey! / (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) | |
| 咳 | hāi | sound of sighing / (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh / damn / wow | |
| 嘻 | xī | (interjection expressing surprise, grief etc) / variant of 嘻[xi1] | |
| 喔 | wo | (particle) marker of surprise, sudden realization, reminder | |
| 咦 | yí | expression of surprise | |
| 嚯 | huò | (onom.) expressing admiration or surprise / sound of a laugh | |
| 出人意表 | chū rén yì biǎo | to exceed all expectations / to come as a surprise | |
| 出其不意攻其不备 | chū qí bù yì gōng qí bù bèi | catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]) | |
| 突然袭击 | tú rán xí jí | sneak attack / surprise attack | |
| 意料之中 | yì liào zhī zhōng | to come as no surprise / as expected | |
| 冷不丁 | lěng bu dīng | suddenly / by surprise | |
| 使吃惊 | shǐ chī jīng | astonish / surprise | |
| 破梗 | pò gěng | (Tw) to mention sth meant to be kept as a surprise / spoiler | |
| 倒抽一口气 | dào chōu yī kǒu qì | to gasp (in surprise, dismay, fright etc) | |
| 倒抽了一口气 | dào chōu le yī kǒu qì | to gasp (in surprise, dismay, fright etc) | |
| 劫寨 | jié zhài | to seize a stronghold / to surprise the enemy in his camp | |
| 劫营 | jié yíng | to seize a camp / to surprise the enemy in bed | |
| 夥颐 | huǒ yí | (literary) very many / wow! (an exclamation of surprise and admiration) | |
| 掩杀 | yǎn shā | to make a surprise attack / to pounce on (an enemy) | |
| 猛不防 | měng bù fáng | suddenly / unexpectedly / taken by surprise / at unawares | |
| 驚歎 | jīng tàn | variant of 驚嘆|惊叹, to exclaim in admiration / a gasp of surprise | |
| 惊赏 | jīng shǎng | surprised and admiring / to appreciate with surprise | |
| 突然攻击 | tū rán gōng jī | sneak attack / surprise attack | |
| 最低意外做法 | zuì dī yì wài zuò fǎ | minimum surprise approach / risk aversion approach | |
| 避免风险做法 | bì miǎn fēng xiǎn zuò fǎ | minimum surprise approach / risk aversion approach | |
| 吔 | yē | onomat. for surprise, amazement and sigh | |
| 出其不意，攻其不备 | chū qí bù yì , gōng qí bù bèi | to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]) | |
| 只见 | zhǐ jiàn | to see (the same thing) over and over again / to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly) | |
