生畏

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	to fear
simp. and trad. (生畏)		生	畏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ wai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengwèi
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-wei⁴
    • Yale: shēng-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengwey
    • Palladius: шэнвэй (šɛnvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ wai³
    • Yale: sāng wai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ wai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ wei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ wɐi̯³³/

Verb

生畏

1. (literary) to be afraid; to be scared; to be frightened

Synonyms

• 嚇／吓
• 害怕 (hàipà)
• 忌 (jì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 怕
• 怕懼／怕惧 (pàjù) (literary)
• 恐懼／恐惧 (kǒngjù)
• 懼怕／惧怕 (jùpà)
• 深怕 (shēnpà)
• 生怕 (shēngpà)
• 畏怯 (wèiqiè)
• 畏懼／畏惧 (wèijù)
• 驚／惊 (dialectal)

 

Derived terms

• 令人生畏
• 望而生畏 (wàng'érshēngwèi)
• 聞而生畏／闻而生畏