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恐怕
kǒng pà
to be afraid that; I'm afraid

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What does 恐怕 mean?

恐怕 (pinyin: kǒng pà) means to be afraid that; I'm afraid. It belongs to the official HSK 4 vocabulary (upper intermediate), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.

Example with 恐怕

I'm afraid it won't work.

Character families

Every HSK 1–4 word containing

The characters of 恐怕

kǒngcomponent character
component character

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