害怕

Chinese

	to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity	to be afraid; to fear
trad. (害怕)	害	怕
simp. ^#(害怕)	害	怕
alternative forms	駭怕／骇怕

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): hàipà

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˋ ㄆㄚˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hai⁴ pa⁴ / hai¹ pa⁴

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хэпа (hepa, III-III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi⁶ paa³
Jin (Wiktionary): hai³ pa³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hāi-phàⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hàipà
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˋ ㄆㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hàipà
  - Wade–Giles: hai⁴-pʻa⁴
  - Yale: hài-pà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haypah
  - Palladius: хайпа (xajpa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰä⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: hai⁴ pa⁴ / hai¹ pa⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xaipa / xaipa
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xai²¹³ pʰa²¹³/, /xai⁵⁵ pʰa²¹³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хэпа (hepa, III-III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɛ⁴⁴ pʰa⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi⁶ paa³
  - Yale: hoih pa
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi⁶ paa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi⁶ pa³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯²² pʰaː³³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: hai³ pa³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /xai⁴⁵ pʰa⁴⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāi-phàⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hāi-phànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haixphvax
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hai²²⁻²¹ pʰã²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁴¹⁻²² pʰã⁴¹/

Verb

害⫽怕 (verb-object) (transitive, intransitive)

to be afraid; to be scared; to be frightened
害怕困難／害怕困难 ― hàipà kùnnan ― to be afraid of difficulties

別害怕。／别害怕。 ― Bié hàipà. ― Don't be afraid.

我非常害怕。 ― Wǒ fēicháng hàipà. ― I am very afraid.

每天做一件你害怕不敢做的事。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Měitiān zuò yī jiàn nǐ hàipà bùgǎn zuò de shì. [Pinyin]
Do one thing every day that you are afraid to do.

Synonyms

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嚇／吓
忌 (jì) (literary, or in compounds)
怕
怕懼／怕惧 (pàjù) (literary)
恐懼／恐惧 (kǒngjù)
懼怕／惧怕 (jùpà)
深怕 (shēnpà)
生怕 (shēngpà)
生畏 (shēngwèi) (literary)
畏怯 (wèiqiè)
畏懼／畏惧 (wèijù)
驚／惊 (dialectal)

Dialectal synonyms of 害怕 (“to fear; to be afraid of”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		懼, 畏, 恐, 怯, 驚, 惶, 悚, 懾, 恇
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		害怕, 懼怕, 畏懼
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	害怕, 怕
	Taiwan	害怕, 怕
	Harbin	害怕, 發毛
	Malaysia	怕
	Singapore	怕, 害怕
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	害怕, 怕, 打怵
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	害怕, 怵
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	害怕, 怕
	Wanrong	驚
	Xi'an	害怕, 怕, 怯火
	Xuzhou	嫌怕, 打怵
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	害怕, 嚇
	Lanzhou	害怕, 怯, 怯乎, 怯豁
	Ürümqi	害怕
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	害怕, 怕, 虛火, 虛
	Wuhan	嚇不過, 怕
	Guiyang	害怕, 怕
	Kunming	害怕
	Guilin	怕
	Liuzhou	慌
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	嚇怕, 怕
	Yangzhou	害怕, 怕, 怕懼, 懼乎
	Hefei	怕
Cantonese	Guangzhou	驚, 怕, 慌, 窒
	Hong Kong	驚, 怕, 慌
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	狂
	Macau	驚
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	驚
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	慌
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	驚
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	好怕
	Foshan	驚, 窒
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	慌, 怕
	Foshan (Shunde)	慌
	Foshan (Sanshui)	慌
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	慌
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	驚
	Zhongshan (Huancheng)	驚
	Zhongshan (Nanlang)	驚
	Zhongshan (Xiaolan)	慌
	Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan)	慌
	Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan)	慌
	Zhongshan (Henglan)	慌
	Zhongshan (Dongfeng)	慌
	Zhongshan (Nantou)	慌
	Zhongshan (Fusha)	慌
	Zhongshan (Shalang)	慌
	Zhongshan (Gangkou)	慌
	Zhongshan (Huangpu)	慌, 驚
	Zhongshan (Sanjiao)	狂, 驚
	Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong)	慌, 驚
	Zhongshan (Minzhong)	慌, 驚
	Zhongshan (Guzhen)	𢗉
	Zhongshan (Banfu)	慌, 驚
	Zhongshan (Tanzhou)	慌, 驚
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	驚
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	驚
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	驚
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	驚
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	驚
	Taishan	𢗉
	Kaiping (Chikan)	𢗉
	Enping (Niujiang)	𢗉
	Heshan (Yayao)	慌
	Dongguan	狂
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	驚
	Shaoguan	驚, 窒
	Yunfu	怕, 驚
	Yangjiang	𢗉
	Xinyi	狂
	Lianjiang	驚
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	驚, 怕
	Singapore (Guangfu)	驚, 怕
Gan	Nanchang	怕
Gan	Lichuan	怕
Hakka	Meixian	驚, 怕畏, 畏, 怕
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	狂
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	狂
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	好狂
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	驚
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	怕, 驚, 畏
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	驚
	Wengyuan	驚
	Liannan	驚
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	狂
	Jiexi	驚
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	驚
	Changting	怕
	Wuping	怕
	Wuping (Yanqian)	怕
	Liancheng	嚇
	Ninghua	怕
	Ningdu	怕
	Tonggu (Sandu)	怕
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	怕
	Dayu	怕
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	驚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	驚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	驚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	驚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	驚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	驚
	Hong Kong	狂, 驚
	Mengshan (Xihe)	怕
	Luchuan	狂
	Sabah (Longchuan)	狂
	Senai (Huiyang)	狂
	Singkawang	驚
Huizhou	Jixi	怕, 嚇
Jin	Taiyuan	害怕, 怕
Jin	Xinzhou	著怕, 怕
Northern Min	Jian'ou	驚, 怕, 怯, 畏
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	驚
	Songxi	驚
	Zhenghe	驚
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	驚
	Jianyang	驚
	Jianyang (Huangkeng)	畏
	Wuyishan	嚇
	Pucheng (Shibei)	嚇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	驚
	Fuzhou (Changle)	驚
	Lianjiang	驚
	Fuqing	驚
	Pingtan	驚
	Yongtai	驚
	Minqing	驚
	Gutian	驚
	Pingnan	驚
	Luoyuan	驚
	Fu'an	驚
	Ningde	驚
	Xiapu	驚
	Zherong	驚
	Shouning	驚
	Zhouning	驚
	Fuding	驚
	Singapore (Fuqing)	驚
Southern Min	Xiamen	驚, 著驚, 驚惶, 懾, 懾屎, 會攝, 掣
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	驚
	Quanzhou	驚, 著驚, 懾, 懾屎, 會攝, 掣
	Jinjiang	驚
	Nan'an	驚
	Shishi	驚
	Hui'an	驚
	Anxi	驚
	Yongchun	驚
	Dehua	驚
	Zhangzhou	驚, 著驚, 驚惶, 懾, 會攝, 掣
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	驚
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	驚
	Hua'an	驚
	Nanjing	驚
	Pinghe	驚
	Zhangpu	驚
	Yunxiao	驚
	Zhao'an	驚
	Dongshan	驚
	Kaohsiung	驚
	Yilan	驚
	Changhua (Lukang)	驚
	Taichung	驚
	Taichung (Wuqi)	驚惶
	Tainan	驚
	Taitung	驚
	Hsinchu	驚
	Kinmen	驚
	Penghu (Magong)	驚
	Penang (Hokkien)	驚
	Singapore (Hokkien)	驚
	Manila (Hokkien)	驚
	Longyan	嚇
	Zhangping	驚
	Datian	驚
	Chaozhou	驚, 畏
	Raoping	驚
	Shantou	驚
	Jieyang	驚, 畏
	Haifeng	驚
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	驚
	Singapore (Teochew)	驚
	Leizhou	驚
	Wenchang	驚
	Haikou	驚
	Qionghai	驚
	Singapore (Hainanese)	驚
Puxian Min	Putian	驚
Puxian Min	Xianyou	驚
Central Min	Yong'an	驚
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	驚
	Sanming (Shaxian)	驚
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	驚
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	狂, 怕
Wu	Shanghai	怕, 嚇
	Shanghai (Chongming)	嚇
	Suzhou	怕, 嚇
	Danyang	怕
	Hangzhou	怕, 嚇, 慌, 怕慌, 發毛
	Ningbo	怕, 嚇
	Wenzhou	怕, 嚇
	Jinhua	光
Xiang	Changsha	怕, 畏怯
	Loudi	怕
	Shuangfeng	怕

Adverb

害怕

(dialectal) I'm afraid that; unfortunately; probably; regretfully; fearfully; perhaps; maybe

Synonyms

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可怕 (kěpà) (literary)
只怕 (zhǐpà)
唯恐 (wéikǒng)
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)