怕不

Chinese

		to be afraid; to fear	not; no
simp. and trad. (怕不)		怕	不
anagram		不怕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pàbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pàbù → pàbu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ → ㄆㄚˋ ˙ㄅㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pàbů
    • Wade–Giles: pʻa⁴-pu⁵
    • Yale: pà-bu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pahbu
    • Palladius: пабу (pabu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/ → /pʰä⁵¹ b̥u¹/

Adverb

怕不

1. (literary or dialectal) I'm afraid that; unfortunately; probably; regretfully; fearfully; perhaps; maybe

Synonyms

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

 

Conjunction

怕不

1. (literary or dialectal) even though

Synonyms

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• even (Hong Kong Cantonese)
• 不怕 (bùpà)
• 任憑／任凭 (rènpíng)
• 作哩 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 作算 (zo⁶ sonn⁴) (Xiang)
• 儘管／尽管
• 即令 (jílìng)
• 即使 (jíshǐ)
• 即便 (jíbiàn)
• 哪怕 (nǎpà) (informal)
• 就 (jiù)
• 就使 (Hokkien)
• 就算 (jiùsuàn) (colloquial)
• 就若 (Hokkien)
• 就若是 (Hokkien)
• 縱／纵 (formal)
• 縱使／纵使 (zòngshǐ)
• 縱然／纵然 (zòngrán)
• 設令／设令 (shèlìng)
• 饒／饶 (ráo) (colloquial)