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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
- surname Pa
- to be afraid
- to fear
- to dread
- to be unable to endure
- perhaps

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 2 720 1,080 478

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Heart

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
害怕 3 3 529 2,545 1,243
- 2 720 1,080 478
可怕 5 2 936 3,078 1,349
恐怕 4 3 1,287 3,204 5,990
哪怕 5 4 3,268 4,952 2,717
不怕 - - 5,688 3,304 1,754
惧怕 - - 9,130 17,020 12,983
担惊受怕 - - 16,580 44,356 31,387
只怕 - - 22,897 8,001 9,752
怕事 - - 28,225 44,530 24,362
生怕 - 9 29,119 12,461 11,764
后怕 - - 36,535 29,134 22,096
贪生怕死 - - 40,602 58,679 55,790
怕羞 - - 43,701 82,804 61,002
怕生 - - 50,701 57,781 32,854