可怕 (kě pà) — frightening, scary; terrible, awful
Definition
可怕 describes something that frightens or horrifies you (movies, places, accidents). It focuses on inducing fear, unlike 糟糕 which judges a situation as bad or unlucky.
adjective
frighteningscaryterribleawful
Examples
- 可怕。Zhè bù diàn yǐng tài kě pà le.This movie is too scary.
- 可怕。Zuó tiān fā shēng le yí jiàn kě pà de shì gù.A terrible accident happened yesterday.
- 可怕，。Nà ge dì fāng zhēn kě pà, wǒ yǐ hòu zài yě bù xiǎng qù le.That place is really scary; I never want to go there again.
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