怕是

Chinese

		to be afraid; to fear	be; yes; this
simp. and trad. (怕是)		怕	是

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pàshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paa³ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pàshì → pàshi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚˋ ㄕˋ → ㄆㄚˋ ˙ㄕ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pàshi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: pʻa⁴-shih⁵
    • Yale: pà-shr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pah.shyh
    • Palladius: паши (paši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /pʰä⁵¹ ʂʐ̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paa³ si⁶
    • Yale: pa sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paa³ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: pa³ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaː³³ siː²²/

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 怕是

1. maybe; probably; I'm afraid that it is ...

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 怕係／怕系