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恐怕 kǒng pà

HSK 4 word

Meanings

• fear
• to dread
• I'm afraid that...
• perhaps
• maybe

Characters

• 恐 kǒng: afraid
• 怕 pà: to be afraid

Example sentences

恐怕你要加班了。
I'm afraid you have to work overtime.
Tatoeba #372209 by nickyeow (CC BY 2.0 FR)

恐怕不行。
I'm afraid not.
Tatoeba #429322 by GlossaMatik (CC BY 2.0 FR)

恐怕你误解我了。
I'm afraid you misunderstood me.
Tatoeba #1328176 by vicch (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Meanings and readings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).