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)
  • (Northern): ⁵khu-pha; ⁵kho-pha

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• 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
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵khu-pha; ⁵kho-pha
    • MiniDict: khu^去 pha; kho^去 pha
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²khu-pha; ²kho-pha
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰu³³ pʰa⁴⁴/, /kʰo³³ pʰa⁴⁴/

Adjective

可怕

1. 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

1. (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)