哪怕

Chinese

		which	to be afraid; to fear
simp. and trad. (哪怕)		哪	怕
alternative forms		那怕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎpà

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˇ ㄆㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naa⁵ paa³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ná-phàⁿ
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶na-pho; ¹na-pho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎpà
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˇ ㄆㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎpà
    • Wade–Giles: na³-pʻa⁴
    • Yale: nǎ-pà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naapah
    • Palladius: напа (napa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naa⁵ paa³
    • Yale: náh pa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naa⁵ paa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: na⁵ pa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naː¹³ pʰaː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ná-phàⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ná-phànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nafphvax
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pʰã⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶na-pho; ¹na-pho
    • MiniDict: na^去 pho; 'na^平 pho
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³na-pho; ¹'na-pho
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /na²² pʰo⁴⁴/, /na⁵⁵ pʰo²¹/

Conjunction

哪怕

1. even if; even though

   哪怕下雨我們也要去。 [MSC, trad.]
   哪怕下雨我们也要去。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǎpà xiàyǔ wǒmen yě yào qù. [Pinyin]

   We will go even if it rains.

Synonyms

• even (Hong Kong Cantonese)
• 不怕 (bùpà)
• 任憑／任凭 (rènpíng)
• 作哩 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 作算 (zo⁶ sonn⁴) (Xiang)
• 儘管／尽管
• 即令 (jílìng)
• 即使 (jíshǐ)
• 即便 (jíbiàn)
• 就 (jiù)
• 就使 (Hokkien)
• 就算 (jiùsuàn) (colloquial)
• 就若 (Hokkien)
• 就若是 (Hokkien)
• 怕不 (pàbù) (literary or dialectal)
• 縱／纵 (formal)
• 縱使／纵使 (zòngshǐ)
• 縱然／纵然 (zòngrán)
• 設令／设令 (shèlìng)
• 饒／饶 (ráo) (colloquial)

 

Derived terms

• 行得正，立得直，哪怕和尚尼姑合板凳