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kǒng

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kǒng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kǒng | kong3
English translation
afraid
frightened
to fear
fearful, apprehensive; to fear, to dread

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About kǒng

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

kǒng

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

Learning hint

heart

Etymology of kǒng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

巩心

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

gǒng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and gǒng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using kǒng

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恐龙 kǒng lóng 绝种 jué zhǒng 有几百 Nián le .

Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years.

hāi ,没什么 méi shén me shì , jiù shì 那个 nà ge 恐怖 kǒngbù de 谋杀 móu shā àn .

She said :'sho! It's that dreadful murder.

恐怕 kǒngpà 现在 xiànzài suǒ shuì de 有些 yǒu xiē 离题 lí tí .

I'm afraid what you're saying now is off the point.

这么 zhè me 城市 chéngshì ,星期 xīngqī 恐怕 kǒngpà guàng wán , "艾姆斯愉快 yúkuài de 答道.

" It is rather large to get around in a week, " answered Ames, pleasantly.

恐怕 kǒngpà zhè huò 不到 bù dào 你们 nǐ men 自己 zìjǐ de 标准 biāozhǔn .

I'm afraid that this shipment was not up to your own standard.

Words with kǒng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
恐怖 kǒngbù terrible恐怖 kǒngbù
恐怕 kǒngpà fear恐怕 kǒngpà
恐惧 kǒngjù fear恐懼
kǒng afraid kǒng
恐慌 kǒng huāng panic恐慌 kǒng huāng
恐吓 kǒnghè to threaten恐嚇
恐龙 kǒng lóng dinosaur恐龍
反恐 fǎn kǒng anti-terrorism反恐 fǎn kǒng
恐怖主义 kǒng bù zhǔ yì terrorism恐怖主義
惊恐 jīng kǒng to be alarmed驚恐
恐惧症 kǒng jù zhèng phobia恐懼症
惶恐 huáng kǒng terrified惶恐 huáng kǒng
恐怖组织 kǒng bù zǔ zhī terrorist organization恐怖組織
争先恐后 zhēngxiānkǒnghòu striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another爭先恐後
有恃无恐 yǒu shì wú kǒng secure in the knowledge that one has backing有恃無恐
恐怖片 kǒng bù piàn horror movie恐怖片 kǒng bù piàn
惟恐 wéi kǒng lest惟恐 wéi kǒng
诚惶诚恐 chéng huáng chéng kǒng in fear and trepidation (idiom); in reverence before your majesty (court formula of humility)誠惶誠恐
恐怖症 kǒng bù zhèng phobia恐怖症 kǒng bù zhèng
白色恐怖 Bái sè kǒng bù White Terror白色恐怖 Bái sè kǒng bù
惶恐不安 huáng kǒng bù ān anxious惶恐不安 huáng kǒng bù ān
唯恐天下不乱 wéi kǒng tiān xià bù luàn to wish for the whole world to be in chaos (idiom)唯恐天下不亂
唯恐 wéi kǒng lest唯恐 wéi kǒng

kǒng Decomposition & Compounds

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kǒng Decomposition

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