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生怕

生怕 (shēng pà): Fear / be afraid (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

生怕 consists of 2 characters.

to give birth, to produce, to grow

to fear, to be afraid

Word Info

Pinyinshēng pà

Meaningfear / be afraid

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 7-9

SyntaxVerb

Word生怕

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3.

How to Use 生怕 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 生怕 with other words naturally.

Verb + Clausewith别人知道

shēng生

pà怕

bié别

rén人

zhī知

dào道

neutral

fear others finding out

Verb + Complementwith迟到

shēng生

pà怕

chí迟

dào到

Adverb + Verbwith非常

fēi非

cháng常

shēng生

pà怕

Verb + Objectwith错过

shēng生

pà怕

cuò错

guò过

4.

Example Sentences with 生怕

wǒ我

shēng生

pà怕

chí迟

dào到

，

suǒ所

yǐ

neutral

fear being late

neutral

extremely afraid

neutral

fear of missing out

以

hěn很

zǎo早

jiù就

chū出

mén门

le了

。

I was afraid of being late, so I left home very early.

tā他

shēng生

pà怕

zì自

jǐ己

de的

yǎn演

jiǎng讲

bú不

gòu够

jīng精

cǎi彩

，

fǎn反

fù复

xiū修

gǎi改

le了

jiǎng讲

gǎo稿

。

He was afraid that his speech wouldn't be brilliant enough, so he revised the draft repeatedly.

nǐ你

nán难

dào道

shēng生

pà怕

bié别

rén人

bù不

zhī知

dào道

zhè这

ge个

mì秘

mì密

ma吗

？

Are you afraid that others won't know this secret?

mā妈

mā妈

shēng生

pà怕

hái孩

zi子

zháo着

liáng凉

，

gěi给

tā他

duō多

chuān穿

le了

yī一

jiàn件

yī衣

fú服

。

The mother was worried that the child might catch a cold, so she put an extra layer of clothes on him.

tā她

xiǎo小

xīn心

yì翼

yì翼

dì地

pěng捧

zhe着

gǔ古

dǒng董

，

shēng生

pà怕

shī失

shǒu手

dǎ打

suì碎

。

She held the antique carefully, afraid of dropping and breaking it.

wǒ我

bìng并

fēi非

shēng生

pà怕

chéng承

dān担

zé责

rèn任

，

zhǐ只

shì是

xū需

yào要

gèng更

duō多

shí时

jiān间

zhǔn准

bèi备

。

It's not that I'm afraid of taking responsibility; I just need more time to prepare.

tā他

shēng生

pà怕

cuò错

guò过

zhòng重

yào要

de的

huì会

yì议

，

tí提

qián前

shè设

zhì置

le了

sān三

gè个

nào闹

zhōng钟

tí提

xǐng醒

zì自

jǐ己

。

He was afraid of missing the important meeting, so he set three alarms in advance to remind himself.

tā他

shēng生

pà怕

cuò错

guò过

tóu投

zī资

jī机

huì会

，

yòu又

dān担

xīn心

fēng风

xiǎn险

guò过

gāo高

，

nèi内

xīn心

shí十

fēn分

máo矛

dùn盾

。

He was afraid of missing the investment opportunity, yet also worried about the high risk, feeling very conflicted.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 生怕.

Words with 生

先生xiān shengHSK 1
医生yī shengHSK 1
学生xué shengHSK 1
中学生zhōng xué shēngHSK 1
大学生dà xué shēngHSK 1
小学生xiǎo xué shēngHSK 1
生日shēng rìHSK 2
生病shēng bìngHSK 2

Words with 怕

害怕hài pàHSK 3
恐怕kǒng pàHSK 4
可怕kě pàHSK 5
哪怕nǎ pàHSK 5
拈轻怕重niān qīng pà zhòng