怕怕

Chinese

		to be afraid; to fear	to be afraid; to fear
simp. and trad. (怕怕)		怕	怕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pàpà

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚˋ ㄆㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paa³ paa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pàpà
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚˋ ㄆㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pàpà
    • Wade–Giles: pʻa⁴-pʻa⁴
    • Yale: pà-pà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pahpah
    • Palladius: папа (papa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paa³ paa³
    • Yale: pa pa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paa³ paa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: pa³ pa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaː³³ pʰaː³³/

Verb

怕怕

1. (childish or cute-sounding) to be scared; to be afraid

   好怕怕啊！  ―  Hǎo pàpà a!  ―  So scared right now!

   • 1952, 唐龍, directed by 潘炳權, 契爺艷史 [Foster-Daddy's Romantic Affairs]‎^[1], spoken by 王若水 (伊秋水 [Yee Chau-sui]):

     我之後怕怕㗎喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     我之后怕怕㗎喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     ngo⁵ zi¹ hau⁶ paa³ paa³ gaa³ laa³. [Jyutping]

     I'll be scared later.