kǒng pà

HSK 3

恐怕 (kǒng pà) is a Chinese word meaning “fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...”.

Meanings

  1. 1fear
  2. 2to dread
  3. 3I'm afraid that...
  4. 4perhaps
  5. 5maybe
Part of speech
adverb

Characters in 恐怕

恐kǒng · afraid怕pà · to be afraid

Related words

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