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恐怖 kǒngbù

恐怖 kǒngbù Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 恐怖 kǒngbù .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kǒngbù | kong3 bu4
English translation
terrible
frightful
frightening
terror
terrorist

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Traditional form

恐怖 kǒngbù

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí
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Etymology of 恐怖 kǒngbù

Familiarize yourself with the origin and historical aspects of the Chinese word 恐怖 kǒngbù .

kǒng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

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

Phonetic compound

gǒng

Semantic compound

xīn

Positional decomposition

巩心

Number of Strokes

10

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

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

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

xīn

Positional decomposition

忄布

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 恐怖 kǒngbù

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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.

恐怖 kǒngbù Decomposition

See the 8 Chinese characters that make up 恐怖 kǒngbù and their own compounds.

恐怖 kǒngbù Compounds

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