可怕
Chinese
can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis) |
to be afraid; to fear | ||
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| simp. and trad. (可怕) |
可 | 怕 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ho2 paa3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khó-pha
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5khu-pha; 5kho-pha
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: kěpà
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄆㄚˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kěpà
- Wade–Giles: kʻo3-pʻa4
- Yale: kě-pà
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keepah
- Palladius: кэпа (kɛpa)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ho2 paa3
- Yale: hó pa
- Cantonese Pinyin: ho2 paa3
- Guangdong Romanization: ho2 pa3
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɔː³⁵ pʰaː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khó-pha
- Hakka Romanization System: koˋ pa
- Hagfa Pinyim: ko3 pa4
- Sinological IPA: /kʰo³¹ pʰa⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-phàⁿ
- Tâi-lô: khó-phànn
- Phofsit Daibuun: qoyphvax
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰã²¹/
- Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰã¹¹/
- Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰã²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóⁿ-phàⁿ
- Tâi-lô: khónn-phànn
- Phofsit Daibuun: qvofphvax
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pʰã⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-phà
- Tâi-lô: khó-phà
- Phofsit Daibuun: qoyphax
- Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰa¹¹/
- Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰa²¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ko2 pan3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khó phàⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ pʰã²¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
- Wu
Adjective
可怕
Synonyms
Adverb
可怕
- (literary) I'm afraid that; unfortunately; probably; regretfully; fearfully; perhaps; maybe