HanTrace

恐怕

kǒngpà
adverbHSK 3

“Fear” in Chinese is 恐怕 (kǒngpà).

Meaning

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

Example

恐怕不行。

I'm afraid not.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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