恐
怖

Terrible in Chinese: 恐怖 (kǒng bù)

kǒng bù

terrible

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-92 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1terrible
  2. 2frightful
  3. 3frightening
  4. 4terror
  5. 5terrorist

Stroke order

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恐
怖

Zhuyin

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ㄎㄨㄥˇ

kǒng

ㄎ/ kㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˇ/ third tone

ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 我要去看恐怖电影。

    wǒ yào qù kàn kǒng bù diàn yǐng。

    I'm going to see a horror film.

  • 恐怖片会吓到小孩。

    kǒng bù piàn huì xià dào xiǎo hái。

    Scary movies will frighten the children.

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Related words

恐怕

kǒng pà

fear

恐慌

kǒng huāng

panic

恐惧

kǒng jù

to be frightened

恐龙

kǒng lóng

dinosaur

恐吓

kǒng hè

to threaten

争先恐后

zhēng xiān kǒng hòu

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

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