怕人

Chinese

		to be afraid; to fear	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (怕人)		怕	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pàrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paa³ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pàrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pàrén
    • Wade–Giles: pʻa⁴-jên²
    • Yale: pà-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pahren
    • Palladius: пажэнь (pažɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paa³ jan⁴
    • Yale: pa yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paa³ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pa³ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaː³³ jɐn²¹/

Adjective

怕人

1. frightening; scary

Synonyms

• 可怕 (kěpà)
• 恐怖 (kǒngbù)
• 嚇人／吓人 (xiàrén)
• (literary) 可怖 (kěbù)
• (Hokkien) 驚人／惊人 (jīngrén)
• (Xiang) 吸人

Verb

怕人

1. to be afraid of people; to be shy

Synonyms

• 含羞 (hánxiū) (literary)
• 害羞 (hàixiū)
• 害臊 (hàisào) (colloquial)
• 怕羞 (pàxiū)
• 怕臊 (pàsào) (literary)