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kǒng pà
adv. (expressing an estimation or anxiety) for fear of, perhaps, probably, maybe, (I am) afraid that...
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Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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kǒng pà yào xià yǔ le .
phr. I am afraid it will rain soon.
hěn bào qiàn kǒng pà bù xíng
phr. So sorry. I'm afraid no.
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hěn bào qiàn, míng tiān wó hěn máng, kǒng pà bù xíng .
phr. I'm sorry that tomorrow I will be very busy. I'm afraid it's not okay.
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kǒng pà yào xià yǔ le, nǐ dài sǎn le ma ?
phr. (I) am afraid it is going to rain soon. Did you bring an umbrella?
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gōng zuò jìn zhǎn chí huǎn, jié qián kǒng pà wán bú chéng le .
phr. The work is progressing slowly, (I am) afraid it may not be finished before the holiday.