可怕 (kěpà) means Fearful (frightening - terrible). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
昨晚的风真 可怕 。
Zuówǎn de fēng zhēn kěpà.
The wind last night was frightening.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 可怕
大不了重做一次，没什么 可怕 的。
Dàbuliǎo chóng zuò yí cì, méi shénme kěpà de.
At worst we just do it again; there is nothing to be afraid of.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 大不了
无知并不 可怕 ， 可怕 的是不肯学。
Wúzhī bìng bù kěpà, kěpà de shì bù kěn xué.
Ignorance is not the frightening thing; refusing to learn is.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 无知
存在分歧并不 可怕 ， 可怕 的是不沟通。
Cúnzài fēnqí bìng bù kěpà, kěpà de shì bù gōutōng.
Differences are not the problem; not communicating is.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 分歧
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From the graded readers
重要的是我知道了：紧张不 可怕 ， 可怕 的是因为紧张就不上台。
zhòngyào de / dì shì wǒ zhīdào le / liǎo / liào: jǐnzhāng bùkě pà, kěpà de / dì shì yīnwèi jǐnzhāng jiù bù shàngtái.
What mattered was learning that nerves aren't the problem — not going on stage because of them is.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
Questions about 可怕
How is 可怕 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 可怕 (kěpà, "Fearful (frightening - terrible)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 可怕 an HSK word?
Yes — 可怕 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 可怕?
The dictionary page for 可怕 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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