hòu

common
verb

Meaning of 后怕

后怕 means to feel fear afterwards; to be scared in retrospect. Pronounced hòu pà.

  • to feel fear afterwards; to be scared in retrospect

Definitions & Examples

Xiǎng
zài
hǎi
shàng
dào
de
fēng
bào
 
hái
yǒu
xiē
hòu
 

Thinking back to that storm I encountered at sea, I still feel a bit of retroactive fear.

xiàn
zài
méi
shì
le
 
dàn
xiǎng
chē
huò
de
shùn
jiān
 
fēi
cháng
hòu
 

He's fine now, but thinking of the moment of the car accident, he feels extremely frightened in hindsight.

dēng
shān
chà
diǎn
chū
shì
 
shì
hòu
yuè
xiǎng
yuè
hòu
 

We almost had an accident during that mountain climb; the more I think about it afterwards, the more scared I feel.

Hái
zi
zǒu
diū
le
 
zhǎo
huí
lái
hòu
 
jiā
zhǎng
xīn
chōng
mǎn
hòu
 

The child got lost; after being found, the parents' hearts were filled with fearful relief.