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怕

to be afraid

怕
pà4th tone
Pinyin
pà
Strokes
8
In episodes
2

Stroke order for 怕

怕 is written with 8 strokes. The animation replays automatically.

Usage

松鼠很怕猫头鹰.

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怕 appears in 2 Fluentide podcast episodes at natural native speed. Each sentence plays at the easiest difficulty it exists in — switch it to hear the same moment at your level, with full pinyin and English throughout.

松鼠很怕猫头鹰。

Squirrels are very afraid of owls.

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Difficulty

坐飞机的人,都很怕。

The passengers were all terrified.

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