What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 恐怕 mean?

恐怕 kǒngpà

I'm afraid; probably; perhaps

It can also mean

  • to fear

Its characters

  1. 恐 kǒng to fear
  2. 怕 pà to fear

In a sentence

恐怕他今天不会来了。 I'm afraid he won't come today.

淑芬:下个月我就要去南方工作了,恐怕要走好几年。

From 1985年的信 · The letter from grandpa: a Chinese short story

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