可怕

Character by character

• 可kě5 strokesHSK 2may, can, -able; possibly
• 怕pà8 strokesHSK 2to fear, be afraid of; apprehensive

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Example sentences

• 好可怕！

  Hǎo kě pà

  How scary!

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 可怕. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 可以kě yǐHSK 2

  can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good

• 可kěHSK 5

  (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very

• 可能kě néngHSK 2

  might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps

• 可是kě shìHSK 2

  but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed

• 可爱kě àiHSK 2

  adorable; cute; lovely

• 怕pàHSK 2

  to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps

• 害怕hài pàHSK 3

  to be afraid; to be scared

• 可怜kě liánHSK 5

  pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on

• 可惜kě xīHSK 5

  it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately

• 恐怕kǒng pàHSK 3

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

• 可靠kě kàoHSK 3

  reliable

• 哪怕nǎ pàHSK 4

  even; even if; even though; no matter how

• 尽可能jǐn kě néngHSK 5

  as far as possible; to do one's utmost

• 不可思议bù kě sī yìHSK 7

  inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable; unfathomable

• 许可xǔ kěHSK 5

  to allow; to permit

• 认可rèn kěHSK 3

  to approve; approval; acknowledgment; OK

• 可笑kě xiàoHSK 7

  funny; ridiculous

• 可疑kě yíHSK 7

  suspicious; dubious

• 可乐kě lèHSK 3

  amusing; entertaining; (loanword) cola

• 许可证xǔ kě zhèngHSK 7

  license; authorization; permit

• 可恶kě wùHSK 7

  repulsive; vile; hateful; abominable

• 可行kě xíngHSK 7

  feasible

• 可悲kě bēiHSK 7

  lamentable

• 宁可nìng kěHSK 7

  preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils