恐惧 meaning in English

kǒngjù

fear; dread; to fear; to dread

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 恐懼21 strokes

Meaning of 恐惧

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kǒngjù
  1. fear; dread
  2. to fear; to dread

恐惧 in example sentences

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

他tā们men可kě以yǐ克kè服fú恐kǒng惧jù。
They can conquer their fear.
我wǒ不bú会huì表biǎo现xiàn出chū恐kǒng惧jù。
I'm not going to show any fear.
恐kǒng惧jù会huì控kòng制zhì一yī切qiè。
Fear controls everything.
恐kǒng惧jù会huì控kòng制zhì大dà家jiā。
Fear controls everyone.
汤tāng姆mǔ有yǒu幽yōu闭bì恐kǒng惧jù症zhèng。
Tom is claustrophobic.

Stroke order for each character

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恐 kǒng · fearful · 10 strokes

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惧 jù · to fear · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 恐惧.

恐怕kǒngpàfear; to dread
恐怖kǒngbùterrible; frightful
恐慌kǒnghuāngpanic; panicky
恐龙kǒnglóngdinosaur (CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]); (old) (slang) ugly person
恐吓kǒnghèto threaten; to menace
畏惧wèijùto fear; to dread
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
惧怕jùpàto be afraid
反恐fǎnkǒnganti-terrorism; to fight against terrorism

Questions about 恐惧

What does 恐惧 mean?

恐惧 (kǒngjù) means "fear; dread; to fear; to dread" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 恐惧?

恐惧 is made of 2 characters: 恐 (10 strokes), 惧 (11 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.

Is 恐惧 an HSK word?

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

How is 恐惧 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 恐惧 is written 恐懼.