Terrible in Chinese
terrible · HSK 5
可怕
- 可 can
- 怕 to fear
昨天晚上的梦太可怕了。 Last night's dream was so frightening.
Other ways to say terrible
- 糟糕zāo gāoterrible · HSK 5
- 不得了bù dé liǎoterrible · HSK 5
得了dé liǎo(in rhetorical questions or negatives) terrible · HSK 6
More words with 可 or 怕
How do you say terrible in Chinese?
Terrible in Chinese is 可怕 (kě pà). You can also say 糟糕 (zāo gāo), 不得了 (bù dé liǎo), 得了 (dé liǎo).
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?
Our own 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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