HSK 4 vocabulary › 恐怕
恐怕
恐怕 in English: fear; to dread
kǒng pà
fear; to dread
How to pronounce 恐怕
kǒng pà (without tone marks: kong pa). kǒng is a third (low, dipping) tone; pà is a fourth (sharply falling) tone.
Characters in 恐怕
恐 kǒng
afraid; frightened; to fear
afraid; frightened; to fear
怕 pà
to be afraid; to fear; to dread
to be afraid; to fear; to dread
Related words
| 害怕 | hài pà | to be afraid; to be scared | HSK 3 |
| 可怕 | kě pà | awful; dreadful | HSK 5 |
| 哪怕 | nǎ pà | even; even if | HSK 5 |
| 恐怖 | kǒng bù | terrible; frightful | HSK 6 |
| 恐吓 | kǒng hè | to threaten; to menace | HSK 6 |
| 恐惧 | kǒng jù | to be frightened; fear | HSK 6 |
| 争先恐后 | zhēng xiān kǒng hòu | striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another | HSK 6 |