恐怕

Chinese

		afraid; frightened; to fear	to be afraid; to fear
trad. (恐怕)		恐	怕
simp. #(恐怕)		恐	怕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒngpà

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄆㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung² paa³

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khióng-phàⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kiong² pan³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹khon-pho; ⁵khon-pho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒngpà
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄆㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒngpà
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung³-pʻa⁴
    • Yale: kǔng-pà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koongpah
    • Palladius: кунпа (kunpa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung² paa³
    • Yale: húng pa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung² paa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung² pa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ³⁵ pʰaː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khióng-phàⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khióng-phànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiofngphvax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pʰã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰã²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kiong² pan³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khióng phàⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰioŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ pʰã²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹khon-pho; ⁵khon-pho
    • MiniDict: khon^平 pho; khon^去 pho
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khon-pho; ²khon-pho
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰoŋ⁵⁵ pʰo²¹/, /kʰoŋ³³ pʰo⁴⁴/

Verb

恐怕

1. to worry; to feel anxious; to fear

   兩天要準備八門的考試，她恐怕吃不消。 [MSC, trad.]
   两天要准备八门的考试，她恐怕吃不消。 [MSC, simp.]

   Liǎng tiān yào zhǔnbèi bā mén de kǎoshì, tā kǒngpà chībùxiāo. [Pinyin]

   She feared she wouldn't be able to handle preparing for eight exams in two days.

Synonyms

• 急 (jí)
• 怕
• 急眼 (jíyǎn) (colloquial)
• 患 (huàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 愁 (chóu)
• 憂心／忧心 (yōuxīn)
• 憂慮／忧虑 (yōulǜ)
• 懸心／悬心 (xuánxīn)
• 掛心／挂心 (guàxīn)
• 掛礙／挂碍 (guà'ài)
• 揪心 (jiūxīn)
• 擔心／担心 (dānxīn)
• 擔憂／担忧 (dānyōu)
• 燒心／烧心 (shāoxīn) (regional or dated)
• 犯愁 (fànchóu)
• 疑慮／疑虑 (yílǜ)
• 發急／发急 (fājí)
• 發愁／发愁 (fāchóu)
• 發極／发极 (⁷faq ⁸jiq) (Wu)
• 著急／着急 (zháojí)
• 起急 (qǐjí) (colloquial)
• 顧慮／顾虑 (gùlǜ)

 

Adverb

恐怕

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

   恐怕搬家是萬萬不行的。 [MSC, trad.]
   恐怕搬家是万万不行的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Kǒngpà bānjiā shì wànwàn bùxíng de. [Pinyin]

   Unfortunately, moving is out of the question.

Synonyms

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