恐
怕

Fear in Chinese: 恐怕 (kǒng pà)

kǒng pà

fear

HSK 3.0 Level 32 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1fear
  2. 2to dread
  3. 3I'm afraid that...
  4. 4perhaps
  5. 5maybe

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恐
怕

Zhuyin

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ㄎㄨㄥˇ

kǒng

ㄎ/ kㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˇ/ third tone

ㄆㄚˋ

pà

ㄆ/ pㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 恐怕不行。

    kǒng pà bù xíng。

    I'm afraid not.

  • 恐怕今晚会下雨。

    kǒng pà jīn wǎn huì xià yǔ。

    I'm afraid it'll rain tonight.

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Related words

怕

pà

to be afraid

害怕

hài pà

to be afraid

可怕

kě pà

awful

恐怖

kǒng bù

terrible

哪怕

nǎ pà

even

恐慌

kǒng huāng

panic

恐惧

kǒng jù

to be frightened

恐龙

kǒng lóng

dinosaur

恐吓

kǒng hè

to threaten

生怕

shēng pà

to fear

争先恐后

zhēng xiān kǒng hòu

striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom)

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