可怕
kě​pà HSK2

scary

可怕 kě​pà
scary adjective
causing fear or dread; awful; terrible; frightening; formidable

没有任何事比黑暗更可怕。

méi​yǒu rèn​hé shì bǐ hēi'àn gèng kě​pà.

There is nothing more terrifying than darkness.

I'm just afraid that
I'm only afraid that; used to express a sigh of concern (literary)

Frequency
Movie subtitles
98.9 per million appears in 32% of films
Written text
40.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 2

Cross-References

Synonym

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)