可怕

可怕 kěpà

可怕 kěpà Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 10 English Translations of the word 可怕 kěpà .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kěpà | ke3 pa4
English translation
awful
dreadful
fearful
formidable
frightful
scary
hideous
horrible
terrible
terribly

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Traditional form

可怕 kěpà

Part of speech

Conjunction / 连词 lián cí Lián cí
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Etymology of 可怕 kěpà

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Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

The right component is a pictograph of an axe handle, now written as (kē). kǒu (mouth) was added later to indicate that the character is only "mouthed", i.e. only used for its phonetic value.

Phonetic compound

kǒu

Semantic compound

Dīng

Positional decomposition

丁口

Number of Strokes

5

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

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

Phonetic compound

Bái

Semantic compound

xīn

Positional decomposition

忄白

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 可怕 kěpà

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精神病学 jīng shén bìng xué 医生 yīshēng 解释 jiěshì le 约翰 Yuē hàn 可怕 kěpà de mèng .

The psychiatrist interpreted John's ghastly dream.

我们 wǒmen de 快乐 kuàilè 很快 jiù bèi 可怕 kěpà de 消息 xiāoxi 蒙上一层 yī céng 阴影 yīn yǐng .

Our happiness was soon eclipsed by the terrible news.

每天 měi tiān dōu yǒu Bǎi rén rǎn shǎng 这种 zhè zhǒng 可怕 kěpà de 传染病 chuán rǎn bìng ér 牺牲 xīshēng .

Daily, hundreds fell a sacrifice to the terrible epidemic.

究竟 jiūjìng shì shuí Néng gān chū 这种 zhè zhǒng 可怕 kěpà de shì ne ?

Whoever could have done such a dreadful thing?

āi , 那里 nà li rén Huán 可怕 kěpà .

Why , they're a dern sight worse'n dead people.

可怕 kěpà Decomposition

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可怕 kěpà Compounds

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