恐怕

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Chinese

		afraid; frightened; to fear	to be afraid; to fear
trad. (恐怕)		恐	怕
simp. ^#(恐怕)		恐	怕

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǒngpà

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄆㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung² paa³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khióng-phàⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): kiong² pan³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹khon-pho; ⁵khon-pho

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǒngpà
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄆㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǒngpà
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung³-pʻa⁴
  - Yale: kǔng-pà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koongpah
  - Palladius: кунпа (kunpa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung² paa³
  - Yale: húng pa
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung² paa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung² pa³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ³⁵ pʰaː³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khióng-phàⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: khióng-phànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiofngphvax
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰã²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pʰã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰã²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰã¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰã²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kiong² pan³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khióng phàⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰioŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ pʰã²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹khon-pho; ⁵khon-pho
  - MiniDict: khon^平 pho; khon^去 pho
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khon-pho; ²khon-pho
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰoŋ⁵⁵ pʰo²¹/, /kʰoŋ³³ pʰo⁴⁴/

Verb

恐怕

to worry; to feel anxious; to fear
兩天要準備八門的考試，她恐怕吃不消。 [MSC, trad.]
两天要准备八门的考试，她恐怕吃不消。 [MSC, simp.]
Liǎng tiān yào zhǔnbèi bā mén de kǎoshì, tā kǒngpà chībùxiāo.
She feared she wouldn't be able to handle preparing for eight exams in two days.

Synonyms

怕
急 (jí)
急眼 (jíyǎn) (colloquial)
患 (huàn) (literary, or in compounds)
愁 (chóu)
憂心 / 忧心 (yōuxīn)
憂慮 / 忧虑 (yōulǜ)
懸心 / 悬心 (xuánxīn)
掛心 / 挂心 (guàxīn)
掛礙 / 挂碍 (guà'ài)
揪心 (jiūxīn)
提心 (tíxīn)
擔心 / 担心 (dānxīn)
擔憂 / 担忧 (dānyōu)
燒心 / 烧心 (shāoxīn) (regional or dated)
犯愁 (fànchóu)
疑慮 / 疑虑 (yílǜ)
發急 / 发急 (fājí)
發愁 / 发愁 (fāchóu)
發極 / 发极 (⁷faq ⁸jiq) (Wu)
著急 / 着急 (zháojí)
起急 (qǐjí) (colloquial)
顧慮 / 顾虑 (gùlǜ)

Adverb

恐怕

I'm afraid that; unfortunately; probably; regretfully; fearfully; perhaps; maybe
恐怕搬家是萬萬不行的。 [MSC, trad.]
恐怕搬家是万万不行的。 [MSC, simp.]
Kǒngpà bānjiā shì wànwàn bùxíng de.
Unfortunately, moving is out of the question.

Synonyms

可怕 (kěpà) (literary)
只怕 (zhǐpà)
唯恐 (wéikǒng)
害怕 (hàipà) (dialectal)
怕不 (pàbù) (literary or dialectal)
恐防 (kong³ fang²) (Sichuanese)
盡驚 / 尽惊 (Hokkien)
驚了 / 惊了 (Min Nan)

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