怕臊

Chinese

		to be afraid; to fear	bashfulness; smell of urine
trad. (怕臊)		怕	臊
simp. #(怕臊)		怕	臊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pàsào

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚˋ ㄙㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paa³ sou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pàsào
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚˋ ㄙㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pàsào
    • Wade–Giles: pʻa⁴-sao⁴
    • Yale: pà-sàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pahsaw
    • Palladius: пасао (pasao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paa³ sou³
    • Yale: pa sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paa³ sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: pa³ sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaː³³ sou̯³³/

Verb

怕臊

1. (literary) to be shy; to be bashful

Synonyms

• 含羞 (hánxiū) (literary)
• 害羞 (hàixiū)
• 害臊 (hàisào) (colloquial)
• 怕人 (pàrén)
• 怕羞 (pàxiū)