只怕

Chinese

		only; merely; just only; merely; just; but	to be afraid; to fear
simp. and trad. (只怕)		只	怕

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǐpà

(Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄆㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² paa³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐpà
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄆㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhpà
  - Wade–Giles: chih³-pʻa⁴
  - Yale: jř-pà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyypah
  - Palladius: чжипа (čžipa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² paa³
  - Yale: jí pa
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² paa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² pa³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ pʰaː³³/

Adverb

只怕

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

Synonyms

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

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