恐怕 (kǒng pà) means “fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe”. It is an HSK 4 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
恐怕他不会来了。
Kǒngpà tā bú huì lái le.
I'm afraid he won't come.
Updated: 2026-05-27