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
Min Nan (POJ): khó-phàⁿ / khóⁿ-phàⁿ / khó-phà

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kěpà
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄆㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keepah
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pʰa̠⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho² paa³
  - Yale: hó pa
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho² paa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho² pa³
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ pʰaː³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khó-pha
  - Hakka Romanization System: ko` pa
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ko³ pa⁴
  - IPA: /kʰo³¹ pʰa⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (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: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-phà
  - Tâi-lô: khó-phà
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoyphax
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰa¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰa²¹/

Adjective

可怕

scary; frightening

Synonyms

(literary) 可怖 (kěbù)
恐怖 (kǒngbù)
怕人 (pàrén)
嚇人／吓人 (xiàrén)

Adverb

可怕

(literary) I'm afraid that; perhaps; maybe

Synonyms

恐怕 (kǒngpà)
唯恐 (wéikǒng)
只怕 (zhǐpà)
(Min Nan) 盡驚／尽惊

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