Be afraid in Chinese
to be afraid · HSK 3
害怕
- 害 to harm
- 怕 to fear
我妹妹很害怕打雷。 My little sister is very afraid of thunder.
More words with 害 or 怕
How do you say be afraid in Chinese?
Be afraid in Chinese is 害怕 (hài pà).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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