怕是

Chinese

		to be afraid; to fear	be; yes; this
simp. and trad. (怕是)		怕	是

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pàshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paa³ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pàshì → pàshi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚˋ ㄕˋ → ㄆㄚˋ ˙ㄕ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pàshi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: pʻa⁴-shih⁵
    • Yale: pà-shr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pah.shyh
    • Palladius: паши (paši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /pʰä⁵¹ ʂʐ̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paa³ si⁶
    • Yale: pa sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paa³ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: pa³ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaː³³ siː²²/

Adverb

怕是

1. maybe; probably; I'm afraid that it is ...

Synonyms

• 也許／也许 (yěxǔ)
• 保不住 (bǎobuzhù) (colloquial)
• 保不定 (bǎobudìng) (colloquial)
• 保不齊／保不齐 (bǎobuqí) (colloquial)
• 備不住／备不住 (bèibuzhù) (regional)
• 凡勢／凡势 (hoān-sè) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 博定 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 可能 (kěnéng)
• 容許／容许 (róngxǔ) (literary)
• 怕係／怕系 (Hakka)
• 或者 (huòzhě)
• 或許／或许 (huòxǔ)
• 指不定 (zhǐbùdìng)
• 搞不好 (gǎobùhǎo)
• 歉采 (Hokkien)
• 殼張／壳张 (⁷khoq-tsan) (Wu, dated)
• 沒準兒／没准儿 (méizhǔnr) (colloquial)
• 興許／兴许 (xīngxǔ) (colloquial)
• 話勿出／话勿出 (⁶gho-veq-tsheq) (Wu)
• 話唔埋／话唔埋 (waa⁶ m⁴ maai⁴) (Cantonese)
• 話唔定／话唔定 (waa⁶ m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
• 說不定／说不定 (shuōbùdìng)
• 講勿定／讲勿定 (⁵kaon-veq-din) (Wu)
• 講唔定／讲唔定 (gong² m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
• 難免／难免 (nánmiǎn)