怕
Meaning
- to be afraid
- to fear
- to dread
Example sentence
她很怕黑。
She is very afraid of the dark.
The character 怕
怕 is 忄, the heart, beside 白: fear. 害怕 is the full verb, 可怕 is what causes it, 恐怕 is the English 'I'm afraid that' when bad news is coming, and 哪怕 means even if.