怕
pàPà HSK2

to fear

怕 pà frequency
fear verb
to be afraid of; to fear or dread

他从小就怕蛇。

tā cóng xiǎo jiù pà shé.

He has been afraid of snakes since he was a child.

perhaps verb
to estimate or suppose; often expressing concern that something might be the case

我看今天怕是要下雪了。

wǒ kàn jīn​tiān pà shì yào xià​xuě le.

I'm afraid it's going to snow today.

unable to endure verb
to be unable to withstand or tolerate something

这种植物最怕旱。

zhè zhǒng zhí​wù zuì pà hàn.

This plant is most vulnerable to drought.

怕 Pà
Pa verb
the surname Pa

他姓怕。

tā xìng Pà.

His surname is Pa.

Frequency
Character
Written text
631st most common 328.3 per million
Movie subtitles
398th most common 374.7 per million appears in 82% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
131.0 per million appears in 38% of films
Written text
119.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+6015

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)