可怖

Chinese

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	terror; terrified; afraid terror; terrified; afraid; frightened
simp. and trad. (可怖)		可	怖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² bou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěbù
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo³-pu⁴
    • Yale: kě-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keebuh
    • Palladius: кэбу (kɛbu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² bou³
    • Yale: hó bou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² bou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² bou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ pou̯³³/

Adjective

可怖

1. (literary) scary; frightening; eerie; spooky; creepy; terrible; horrible

Synonyms

• 可怕 (kěpà)
• 恐怖 (kǒngbù)
• 怕人 (pàrén)
• 嚇人／吓人 (xiàrén)
• (Hokkien) 驚人／惊人 (jīngrén)
• (Xiang) 吸人