怕 (pà): meaning and stroke order
怕 (pà) means to be afraid, to fear, to dread, to be unable to endure, perhaps, surname Pa.
怕
- Simplified
- 怕
- Traditional
- 怕 (same form)
- Pinyin
- pà
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Stroke order of 怕
怕
- Pà surname Pa
- pà to be afraid; to fear
- 8 strokes
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Meaning of 怕
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pà
- to be afraid
- to fear
- to dread
- to be unable to endure
- perhaps
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Pà
- surname Pa
Radical and structure
- 怕
- Radical 心 (Kangxi radical 61) · 8 strokes · 忄 on the left, 白 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 怕
- 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties)
- 可怕 kě pà awful; dreadful
- 害怕 hài pà to be afraid; to be scared
- 恐怕 kǒng pà fear; to dread
- 生怕 shēng pà to fear; afraid
- 哪怕 nǎ pà even; even if
怕 in our stories
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人们很怕它。
rénmen hěn pà tā
People were very afraid of it.
From the story The story of Nian HSK 1
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韩冰笑得停不下来：“别怕，里面是牛肉，没有人！”
Hán Bīng xiào de tíng bú xiàlai bié pà lǐmiàn shì niúròu méiyǒu rén
Han Bing can't stop laughing: "Don't worry, it's beef. No people!"
From the story "Husband and wife lung slices" HSK 3
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顾青吓了一跳，姑娘却很有礼貌地说：“先生别怕，我等一个会画画的人，已经等了一百年了。”
Gù Qīng xià le yí tiào gūniang què hěn yǒu lǐmào de shuō xiānsheng bié pà wǒ děng yí gè huì huàhuà de rén yǐjīng děng le yìbǎi nián le
Gu Qing jumped, but the girl said very politely, "Don't be afraid, sir. I have been waiting a hundred years for someone who can paint."
From the story The girl in the painting HSK 5
Stories using 怕
- The story of Nian HSK 1
- "Husband and wife lung slices" HSK 3
- The girl in the painting HSK 5
- The banquet that never ended HSK 6
- The bow's reflection in the cup HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).