恐怖 meaning in English

kǒngbù

terrible; frightful

HSK 7-9adjective18 strokes

Meaning of 恐怖

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kǒngbù
  1. terrible
  2. frightful
  3. frightening
  4. terror
  5. terrorist

恐怖 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ哥gē哥gē喜xǐ欢huān恐kǒng怖bù电diàn影yǐng。
My brother likes horror movies.
Tom喜xǐ欢huān看kàn恐kǒng怖bù电diàn影yǐng吗ma?
Does Tom like watching horror movies?
我wǒ要yào去qù看kàn恐kǒng怖bù电diàn影yǐng。
I'm going to see a horror film.
恐kǒng怖bù片piàn会huì吓xià到dào小xiǎo孩hái。
Scary movies will frighten the children.
风fēng声shēng有yǒu点diǎn恐kǒng怖bù,听tīng起qǐ来lái好hǎo像xiàng鬼guǐ叫jiào一yì般bān。
The wind sounds scary, like screaming ghosts.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

恐 kǒng · fearful · 10 strokes

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怖 bù · frightened · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 恐怖.

恐怕kǒngpàfear; to dread
恐惧kǒngjùfear; dread; to fear; to dread
恐慌kǒnghuāngpanic; panicky
恐龙kǒnglóngdinosaur (CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]); (old) (slang) ugly person
恐吓kǒnghèto threaten; to menace
争先恐后zhēngxiān-kǒnghòu(idiom) to compete to be first; to scramble to get ahead; to rush forward for fear of fall
恐怖分子kǒngbùfènzǐterrorist
恐怖主义kǒngbùzhǔyìterrorism
恐怖袭击kǒngbùxíjīterrorist attack
反恐fǎnkǒnganti-terrorism; to fight against terrorism
恐惧症kǒngjùzhèngphobia
惊恐jīngkǒngto be alarmed; to be frightened

Questions about 恐怖

What does 恐怖 mean?

恐怖 (kǒngbù) means "terrible; frightful" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 恐怖?

恐怖 is made of 2 characters: 恐 (10 strokes), 怖 (8 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 恐怖 an HSK word?

Yes. 恐怖 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.