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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹khon-pho; ⁵khon-pho

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
- (Northern: 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

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

怕
急 (jí)
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)
提心 (tíxīn)
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

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)

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