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): ㄕㄥㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ wai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄨㄟˋ
  - 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

(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

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