唯恐

Chinese

		yes; only; alone	afraid; frightened; to fear
trad. (唯恐)		唯	恐
simp. #(唯恐)		唯	恐
alternative forms		惟恐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéikǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄎㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ hung²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶vi-khon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéikǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄎㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéikǒng
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-kʻung³
    • Yale: wéi-kǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weikoong
    • Palladius: вэйкун (vɛjkun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ hung²
    • Yale: wàih húng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ hung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ hung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ hʊŋ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶vi-khon
    • MiniDict: vi^去 khon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³vi-khon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vi²² kʰoŋ⁴⁴/

Adverb

唯恐

1. I'm afraid that; unfortunately; probably; regretfully; fearfully; perhaps; maybe

Synonyms

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