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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bù | bu4
English translation
terror
terrified
afraid
frightened
frightened, terrified

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

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heart

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

忄布

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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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.

困恼 zhāo zhè 孩子 háizi de 感情 gǎnqíng 乃是 nǎi shì zhǒng 虚无 xū wú 缥缈 piǎo miǎo de 恐怖 kǒngbù .

The feeling which beset the child was one of dim uncertain horror.

yǒu yōu 恐怖症 kǒng bù zhèng de rén 极度 jí dù 恐惧 kǒngjù kùn zài 电梯 diàntī .

People with claustrophobia have a horror of being trapped in the lift.

莱内 de 声音 shēngyīn hěn 恐怖 kǒngbù 难听 nán tīng yòu 刺耳 cì ěr

Lainey had a terrible voice, unmusical and sharp.

de 报告 bàogào 猛烈 měngliè 抨击 pēng jī le 忠英派共和军 de 恐怖组织 kǒng bù zǔ zhī

His report was scathing about Loyalist and Republican terror groups.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
恐怖 kǒngbù terrible恐怖 kǒngbù
恐怖主义 kǒng bù zhǔ yì terrorism恐怖主義
恐怖组织 kǒng bù zǔ zhī terrorist organization恐怖組織
terror
恐怖片 kǒng bù piàn horror movie恐怖片 kǒng bù piàn
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
恐怖主义者 kǒng bù zhǔ yì zhě terrorist恐怖主義者

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Decomposition

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