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恐

kǒng

HSK 4 Character

What 恐 means

1. afraid
2. frightened
3. to fear

Example sentences

• 恐龙！
  Dinosaur!
• 我恐高。
  I'm afraid of heights.
• 恐怕不行。
  I'm afraid not.
• 不要恐慌！
  Don't panic!
• 汤姆恐高。
  Tom is afraid of heights.
• 你恐高吗？
  Are you afraid of heights?

Words starting with 恐

• 恐怕kǒng pàfear; to dread; I'm afraid that...
• 恐怖kǒng bùterrible; frightful; frightening
• 恐惧kǒng jùto be frightened; fear; dread
• 恐吓kǒng hèto threaten; to menace
• 恐慌kǒng huāngpanic; panicky; panic-stricken
• 恐龙kǒng lóngdinosaur; (old; slang) ugly person
• 恐怖主义kǒng bù zhǔ yìterrorism
• 恐惧症kǒng jù zhèngphobia
• 恐共kǒng Gòngto fear the Communists
• 恐同kǒng tóngto be homophobic
• 恐高kǒng gāoto be afraid of heights
• 恐水病kǒng shuǐ bìngrabies
• 恐艾kǒng ài(slang) to have an obsessive fear of contracting HIV AIDS
• 恐怖片kǒng bù piànhorror movie
• 恐怖分子kǒng bù fèn zǐterrorist
• 恐怖组织kǒng bù zǔ zhīterrorist organization
• 恐怖电影kǒng bù diàn yǐnghorror movie
• 恐怖主义者kǒng bù zhǔ yì zhěterrorist
• 恐婚kǒng hūnto have an aversion to getting married
• 恐龙类kǒng lóng lèidinosaurs
• 恐龙总目kǒng lóng zǒng mùDinosauria, superorder within class Sauropsida containing dinosaurs and birds
• 恐攻kǒng gōng(Taiwan) terrorist attack (abbr. for 恐怖攻击
• 恐同症kǒng tóng zhènghomophobia
• 恐怖症kǒng bù zhèngphobia

Words containing 恐

• 争先恐后zhēng xiān kǒng hòu(idiom) to compete to be first; to scramble to get ahead…
• 惊恐jīng kǒngto be alarmed; to be frightened
• 惶恐huáng kǒngterrified
• 唯恐wéi kǒngfor fear that; lest; also written 惟恐
• 诚惶诚恐chéng huáng chéng kǒngin fear and trepidation (idiom); in reverence before your majesty…
• 白色恐怖Bái sè kǒng bùWhite Terror
• 有恃无恐yǒu shì wú kǒngsecure in the knowledge that one has backing
• 反恐fǎn kǒnganti-terrorism; to fight against terrorism
• 密恐mì kǒngtrypophobia (abbr. for 密集恐惧症
• 支恐zhī kǒngto support terrorism; abbr. for 支持恐怖主义
• 社恐shè kǒngsocial phobia (abbr. for 社交恐惧症
• 反恐战争fǎn kǒng zhàn zhēngwar on terrorism
• 暴恐bào kǒng(attributive) terrorist
• 细思极恐xì sī jí kǒngscary to think about (coll.) (coined c. 2013)
• 基地恐怖组织Jī dì Kǒng bù Zǔ zhīAl-Qaeda; same as 基地组织
• 生物恐怖主义shēng wù kǒng bù zhǔ yìbioterrorism
• 唯恐天下不乱wéi kǒng tiān xià bù luànto wish for the whole world to be in chaos (idiom)
• 广场恐怖症guǎng chǎng kǒng bù zhèngagoraphobia
• 血液恐怖症xuè yè kǒng bù zhèngblood phobia
• 广场恐惧guǎng chǎng kǒng jùagoraphobia
• 密集恐惧症mì jí kǒng jù zhèngtrypophobia
• 广场恐惧症guǎng chǎng kǒng jù zhèngagoraphobia
• 社交恐惧症shè jiāo kǒng jù zhèngsocial phobia; social anxiety
• 同性恋恐惧症tóng xìng liàn kǒng jù zhènghomophobia

Characters that look like 恐

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 都dōuall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already
• 悉xīin all cases; know
• 恋liànto feel attached to; to long for; to love
• 怒nùanger; fury; flourishing
• 悠yōulong or drawn out; remote in time or space; leisurely
• 怨yuànto blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge

Sounds the same

Read kǒng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 孔hole; classifier for cave dwellings
• 倥urgent; pressed