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怕
pà
1. to be afraid
2. to fear
3. to dread
4. to be unable to endure
5. perhaps
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

怕
pà
to fear, to be afraid of; apprehensive
HSK 3 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

不怕
bùpà
fearless
只怕
zhǐpà
I'm afraid that...
可怕
kěpà
awful
HSK 5
哪怕
nǎpà
even
HSK 5
害怕
hàipà
to be afraid
HSK 3
后怕
hòupà
lingering fear
怕事
pàshì
timid
怕生
pàshēng
fear of strangers
怕痒
pàyǎng
to be ticklish
怕羞
pàxiū
coy
恐怕
kǒngpà
fear
HSK 4
惧怕
jùpà
to be afraid
生怕
shēngpà
to fear
骇怕
hàipà
to be afraid
惊怕
jīngpà
alarmed
怕死鬼
pàsǐguǐ
afraid to die (contemptuous term)
怕老婆
pàlǎopó
henpecked
事怕行家
shìpàhángjiā
an expert always produces the best work (idiom)
担惊受怕
dānjīngshòupà
to feel apprehensive
贪生怕死
tānshēngpàsǐ
greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly

Example Sentences (4)

明天又要带我儿子去医院打针，想想我就头疼。他就怕打针，每次打针都哭得特别厉害。
Míngtiān yòu yào dài wǒ érzi qù yīyuàn dǎzhēn, xiǎngxiǎng wǒ jiù tóuténg. Tā jiù pà dǎzhēn, měicì dǎzhēn dōu kū de tèbié lìhai.
Tomorrow I have to take my son to the hospital for a shot again, and just thinking about it gives me a headache. He's afraid of shots; every time he gets a shot, he cries really hard.
Text 3
我真怕他累坏了。
Wǒ zhēn pà tā lèi huài le.
I'm really afraid he's worn out.
Text 4
可不是！上班堵车怕迟到，下班堵车怕回家晚。每天在马路上开车，要想不遇到堵车，还真难。
Kě búshì! Shàngbān dǔchē pà chídào, xiàbān dǔchē pà huíjiā wǎn. Měitiān zài mǎlù shàng kāichē, yào xiǎng bú yùdào dǔchē, hái zhēn nán.
Exactly! Traffic jams on the way to work make you worry about being late, and traffic jams after work make you worry about getting home late. Driving on the road every day, it's really hard not to run into a traffic jam.
Text 3
可不是！上班堵车怕迟到，下班堵车怕回家晚。每天在马路上开车，要想不遇到堵车，还真难。
Kě búshì! Shàngbān dǔchē pà chídào, xiàbān dǔchē pà huíjiā wǎn. Měitiān zài mǎlù shàng kāichē, yào xiǎng bú yùdào dǔchē, hái zhēn nán.
Exactly! Traffic jams on the way to work make you worry about being late, and traffic jams after work make you worry about getting home late. Driving on the road every day, it's really hard not to run into a traffic jam.
Text 3

Alternate Entries

怕
Pà
surname Pa

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
630
Word Frequency Rank
822 of 84,292