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可怕

kě pà

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

可怕 (kě pà) means "awful, terrifying". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 可怕 means

1. awful
2. dreadful
3. fearful
4. formidable
5. frightful
6. scary
7. hideous
8. horrible
9. terrible
10. terribly

The characters in 可怕

• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit
• 怕pàto be afraid; to fear; to dread

Example sentences

• 好可怕！
  How scary!
• 太可怕了。
  How awful!
• 这真可怕。
  This is really terrible.
• 这太可怕了。
  That's terrible.
• 这种气味真可怕。
  This kind of odour is really terrifying.
• 这是可怕一点儿。
  It's a little scary.

Where 可怕 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Evaluation, Faults & Criticism (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read kě pà correctly.
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