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害怕hàipàto be afraid

Theme
Verbs
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
18
Characters
2

How 害怕 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

害 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
怕 — 8 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a practice sheet with 害怕

Examples

我害怕黑暗。

Wǒ hàipà hēi'àn.

I am afraid of the dark.

  • 我wǒI
  • 害怕hàipàto be afraid
  • 黑hēiblack
  • 暗àndark

小孩子害怕黑暗。

Xiǎo háizi hàipà hēi àn.

Small children are afraid of the dark.

  • 小xiǎosmall
  • 孩子háizichild
  • 害怕hàipàto be afraid
  • 黑hēiblack
  • 暗àndark

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 害羞
  • 厉害
  • 恐怕