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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Pà | Pa4
English translation
surname Pa
to be afraid
to fear
to dread
to be unable to endure
perhaps
to fear, to be afraid of; apprehensive

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

忄白

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

Bái

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and Bái represents the sound.

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kān le 那股灵活 línghuó 劲儿 jìn r ,心里 xīn li dǎo shì 暗暗 àn àn yǒu fēn .

I was secretly afraid of him when I saw him so dexterous.

精神病学 jīng shén bìng xué 医生 yīshēng 解释 jiěshì le 约翰 Yuē hàn 可怕 kěpà de mèng .

The psychiatrist interpreted John's ghastly dream.

恐怕 kǒngpà 现在 xiànzài suǒ shuì de 有些 yǒu xiē 离题 lí tí .

I'm afraid what you're saying now is off the point.

rén 出名 chū míng zhū Zhuàng .

Fame portends trouble for men just as fattening does for pigs.

一方面 yī fāng miàn ,特别 tèbié xiǎng chī de , 另一方面 lìng yī fāng miàn , yòu 麻烦 máfan .

Either food that you choose is fine by me . Italian , Chinese, sandwiches.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to fear
害怕 hàipà to be afraid害怕 hàipà
可怕 kěpà awful可怕 kěpà
恐怕 kǒngpà fear恐怕 kǒngpà
不怕 bù pà fearless不怕 bù pà
哪怕 nǎpà even哪怕 nǎpà
只怕 zhǐ pà perhaps只怕 zhǐ pà
惧怕 jù pà to be afraid懼怕
生怕 shēng pà to fear生怕 shēng pà
后怕 hòu pà lingering fear後怕
担惊受怕 dān jīng shòu pà to feel apprehensive擔驚受怕
怕事 pà shì timid怕事 pà shì
贪生怕死 tān shēng pà sǐ clinging abjectly to life貪生怕死
怕生 pà shēng fear of strangers怕生 pà shēng
天不怕地不怕 tiān bù pà dì bù pà fearless天不怕地不怕 tiān bù pà dì bù pà
初生牛犊不怕虎 chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ fig. the young are fearless初生牛犢不怕虎
怕羞 pà xiū coy怕羞 pà xiū
酒香不怕巷子深 jiǔ xiāng bù pà xiàng zi shēn fragrant wine fears no dark alley (idiom)酒香不怕巷子深 jiǔ xiāng bù pà xiàng zi shēn
死猪不怕开水烫 sǐ zhū bù pà kāi shuǐ tàng undaunted死豬不怕開水燙
人怕出名猪怕壮 rén pà chū míng zhū pà zhuàng fig. fame has its price人怕出名豬怕壯
怕痒 pà yǎng to be ticklish怕癢
真金不怕火炼 zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ liàn True gold fears no fire. (idiom)真金不怕火煉
前怕狼后怕虎 qián pà láng hòu pà hǔ scare mongering前怕狼後怕虎
惊怕 jīng pà alarmed驚怕

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