害怕 hàipà▶ ความกลัว, กลัว

Stroke order

害怕 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

• 害 — 10 strokes
• 怕 — 8 strokes

Example sentences

• 我妹妹很害怕狗。Wǒ mèimei hěn hàipà gǒu.My younger sister is very afraid of dogs.
• 别害怕，我在这儿。Bié hàipà, wǒ zài zhèr.Do not be afraid — I am right here.

Related words

• 厉害ดุร้าย, รุนแรง
• 害羞ขี้อาย
• 恐怕เกรงว่า
• 伤害เจ็บ, ทำร้าย
• 危害อันตราย, ทำร้าย
• 可怕น่ากลัว

害怕 is pronounced hàipà and means “ความกลัว, กลัว”. You will meet it in HSK 3, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 害怕 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.