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恐怕 (kǒng pà): Afraid (Adverb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

恐 • kǒng • fear, dread, be afraid
kǒng恐

fear, dread, be afraid

怕 • pà • to fear, to be afraid
pà怕

to fear, to be afraid

Word Info

Pinyinkǒng pà
Meaningafraid
Characters2
SyntaxAdverb

HSK 4 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 恐怕.

  • 短信duǎn xìntext message; SMS
  • 感谢gǎn xièto thank
  • 功夫gōng fulabour; ability; kung fu
  • 管理guǎn lǐto supervise
  • 进行jìn xíngadvance; progress
  • 护士hù shinurse
  • 家具jiā jùfurniture
  • 教授jiào shòuprofessor
  • 共同gòng tóngjointly
  • 购物gòu wùshopping
  • 镜子jìng zimirror
  • 竞争jìng zhēngto compete
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 恐怕.

Words with 恐
  • 恐吓kǒng hèthreaten; intimidate; menace
  • 恐怖kǒng bùterrifying; horrible; dreadful
  • 恐惧kǒng jùfear; dread; be afraid of
争先恐后
zhēng xiān kǒng hòu
falling over each other; in a mad rush to be first
  • 恐慌kǒng huāngPanic / Alarm
  • 恐龙kǒng lóngDinosaur
  • 惊恐jīng kǒngfrightened, terrified
  • 惟恐wéi kǒngfor fear that; lest
    • Words with 怕
    • 害怕hài pàafraid
    • 可怕kě pàfrightening; dreadful
    • 哪怕nǎ pàeven if; even though
    • 生怕shēng pàfear / be afraid
    • 不怕bù pànot afraid
    • 只怕zhǐ pàI'm afraid that, only worry that
    • 惧怕jù pàto fear; to be afraid of
    • 担惊受怕dān jīng shòu pàto be frightened and worried
    4.

    Readings & Senses

    kǒng pà(kong pa)
    1. [adverb]afraid[HSK4]
    2. [verb/adverb]afraid[HSK 3.0 · L4]
    5.

    How to Use 恐怕 in Sentences

    Adverb + Complementwith来不及
    kǒng恐
    pà怕
    lái来
    bu不
    jí及
    neutral
    I'm afraid it's too late
    Subject + Adverbwith我
    wǒ我
    kǒng恐
    pà怕
    neutral
    Adverb + Verb Phrasewith要下雨
    kǒng恐
    pà怕
    yào要
    xià下
    yǔ雨
    Adverb + Verbwith不行
    kǒng恐
    pà怕
    bù不
    xíng行
    6.

    Example Sentences with 恐怕

    kǒng恐
    pà怕
    wǒ我
    men们
    dé得
    chóng重
    I'm afraid
    neutral
    Spoken
    I'm afraid it's going to rain
    neutral
    I'm afraid not
    xīn新
    kǎo考
    lǜ虑
    zhè这
    ge个
    fāng方
    àn案
    le了
    。
    I'm afraid we have to reconsider this plan.
    nǐ你
    kǒng恐
    pà怕
    hái还
    bù不
    zhī知
    dào道
    zhè这
    ge个
    xiāo消
    xi息
    ba吧
    ？
    I'm afraid you haven't heard this news yet, have you?
    tā他
    kǒng恐
    pà怕
    bú不
    huì会
    lái来
    cān参
    jiā加
    jù聚
    huì会
    le了
    。
    I'm afraid he won't come to the party.
    kǒng恐
    pà怕
    tā他
    bìng并
    bú不
    zàn赞
    tóng同
    wǒ我
    men们
    de的
    xiǎng想
    fǎ法
    。
    I'm afraid he doesn't agree with our idea at all.
    zhè这
    ge个
    jì计
    huà划
    kǒng恐
    pà怕
    xū需
    yào要
    gèng更
    duō多
    shí时
    jiān间
    cái才
    néng能
    wán完
    chéng成
    。
    I'm afraid this plan will require more time to complete.