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害怕 hàipà

害怕 hàipà Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 害怕 hàipà .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hàipà | hai4 pa4
English translation
to be afraid
to be scared

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HSK level

3

Traditional form

害怕 hàipà

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 害怕 hàipà

Familiarize yourself with the origin and historical aspects of the Chinese word 害怕 hàipà .

害 hài

Explanation

Pictograph of a lid over a container. Based on the original meaning "lid", now written as 蓋 gài . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

⿱宀 gài ⿱丰口

Number of Strokes

10
怕 Pà

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 xīn represents the meaning and 白 Bái represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

白 Bái

Semantic compound

忄 xīn

Positional decomposition

⿰忄白

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 害怕 hàipà

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他们 tā men 害怕 hàipà 眼睛 yǎnjing 被 bèi 海水 hǎi shuǐ 染 rǎn 坏 huài .

They feared having their eyes ruined by the salt water.

他 tā 初时一 yī 愣 lèng ,等 děng 他 tā 明白 míngbai 过来 guò lái 就 jiù 害怕 hàipà 了 le .

His expression changed from bewilderment to horror as he realized what had happened.

我 wǒ 最 zuì 讨厌 tǎoyàn 打针 dǎzhēn . (指 zhǐ 过敏 guòmǐn 、害怕 hàipà )

I am allergic to in jection.

他 tā 去掉 qù diào 害怕 hàipà 心理 xīnlǐ ,决定 juédìng 试 shì 一 yī 试 shì .

He cast off fear and decided to make a try.

那 Nā 孩子 háizi 害怕 hàipà 那 Nā 只 zhǐ 恶狗,直 Zhí 往后 wǎng hòu 退 tuì .

The child backed away from the fierce dog.

害怕 hàipà Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 害怕 hàipà and their own compounds.

害怕 hàipà Compounds

See all 11 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 害怕 hàipà in their composition.

  • 害 hài
    • 瞎 xiā , 割 gē , 辖 xiá , 嗐 hài , 搳 huá , 犗 jiè , 鎋 xiá , 磍, 縖, 螛, 轄 xiá
  • 怕 Pà
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