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可怕

kěpà

awful

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Meaning of 可怕 in English

kěpàHSK 5adjectiveSyllabus #2666
  1. awful
  2. dreadful
  3. fearful
  4. formidable
  5. frightful
  6. scary
  7. hideous
  8. horrible

Example sentences

  1. 我知道，我做了很可怕的事。
    wǒ zhī dào， wǒ zuò le hěn kě pà de shì。
    I know I did an awful thing.
    Tatoeba #7773133 by jiangche · #2375986 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 汤姆隐藏着一个可怕的秘密。
    tāng mǔ yǐn cáng zhe yí gè kě pà de mì mì。
    Tom is hiding a terrible secret.
    Tatoeba #2052524 by sadhen · #1498879 by Spamster · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 昨晚我做了一个可怕的噩梦。
    zuó wǎn wǒ zuò le yí gè kě pà de è mèng。
    I had a really bad nightmare last night.
    Tatoeba #4970087 by wzhd · #2966872 by meerkat · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

可 on its own →
kě · (prefix) can; may; able to; -able

HSK words with 可

可以HSK 1可能HSK 2可HSK 3可爱HSK 3可是HSK 3可惜HSK 4可见HSK 5可靠HSK 5可口HSK 6可怜HSK 6
怕 on its own →
pà · to be afraid

HSK words with 怕

怕HSK 3害怕HSK 3恐怕HSK 4哪怕HSK 5生怕HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences