Adj.frightening; dreadful

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Character Breakdown

可怕 consists of 2 characters.

How to Use 可怕 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 可怕 with other words naturally.
Verb + Adjectivewith觉得
jué
neutral
feel scared
Adjective + Nounwith事情
de
shì
qíng
neutral
scary thing
Adverb + Adjectivewith非常
fēi
cháng
neutral
very scary
Adverb + Adjective + Particlewith
tài
liǎo
informalSpoken
too scary

Example Sentences with 可怕

ge
shēng
yīn
hěn
That sound is very scary.
zhè
chǎng
shì
de
hòu
guǒ
shì
de
men
yǐn
wéi
jiè
The consequences of this accident are dreadful, and we must learn a lesson from it.
jué
de
zhè
zhǒng
chén
zhēng
chǎo
gèng
ma
Don't you think this silence is more frightening than an argument?
zhè
ge
shì
yǒu
diǎn
gǎn
rén
kàn
This story is a bit scary, I don't dare to watch it alone.
miáo
shù
de
jǐng
xiàng
diǎn
fǎn
ér
yǒu
xiē
huàn
The scene he described is not frightening at all; on the contrary, it's somewhat fantastical.
ge
è
mèng
tài
le
zhì
xǐng
lái
hòu
réng
xīn
yǒu
That nightmare was so dreadful that I still felt lingering fear after waking up.
de
yàng
zi
zhēn
jiā
dōu
duǒ
yuǎn
yuǎn
de
The way he loses his temper is really frightening, everyone stays far away.
tiān
a
zuó
wǎn
de
liǎn
cāng
bái
shì
méi
xiū
xi
hǎo
ma
Oh my, your face was frighteningly pale last night. Did you not rest well?