恐怕
Meaning
- fear
- to dread
- I'm afraid that...
Example sentence
恐怕不行。
I'm afraid not.
Characters in 恐怕
- 恐 kǒng to fear, to dread; I am afraid that
- 怕 pà to be afraid
恐 to fear plus 怕, to fear. 怕 is the everyday verb — 我怕狗 — while 恐 gives 恐怖. The word means I'm afraid that, not actual fright.