只怕

Chinese

		only; merely; just only; merely; just; but	to be afraid; to fear
simp. and trad. (只怕)		只	怕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐpà

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄆㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² paa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐpà
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄆㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhpà
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-pʻa⁴
    • Yale: jř-pà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyypah
    • Palladius: чжипа (čžipa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² paa³
    • Yale: jí pa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² paa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² pa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ pʰaː³³/

Adverb

只怕

1. I'm afraid that; unfortunately; probably; regretfully; fearfully; perhaps; maybe

Synonyms

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• 可怕 (kěpà) (literary)
• 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)