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恐怕

kǒng pà

A2 Level 4 ★ Core word
Adverb

恐怕 (kǒng pà) is a Chinese word meaning “fear”. It sits at TOCFL Level 4 (CEFR A2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

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

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Example

恐怕今天的會議要取消了。

I'm afraid today's meeting has to be canceled.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).