可怕

Chinese

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	to be afraid; to fear
simp. and trad. (可怕)		可	怕

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kěpà

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄆㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² paa³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khó-pha
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khó-phàⁿ / khóⁿ-phàⁿ / khó-phà

(Teochew, Peng'im): ko² pan³
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Shanghainese): 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/
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/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khó-pha
  - Hakka Romanization System: ko` pa
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ko³ pa⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰo³¹ pʰa⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-phàⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: khó-phànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoyphvax
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰã²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰã¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰã²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóⁿ-phàⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: khónn-phànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qvofphvax
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pʰã⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-phà
  - Tâi-lô: khó-phà
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoyphax
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰa¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰa²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ko² pan³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khó phàⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ pʰã²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wugniu: ⁵khu-pha; ⁵kho-pha
  - Wiktionary Romanisation: ²khu-pha; ²kho-pha
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu³³ pʰa⁴⁴/, /kʰo³³ pʰa⁴⁴/

Adjective

可怕

scary; frightening

Synonyms

恐怖 (kǒngbù)
怕人 (pàrén)
嚇人／吓人 (xiàrén)
(literary) 可怖 (kěbù)
(Hokkien) 驚人／惊人 (jīngrén)
(Xiang) 吸人

Adverb

可怕

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

Synonyms

只怕 (zhǐpà)
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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