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

怕是

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

Synonyms

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• 也許 / 也许 (yěxǔ)
• 保不住 (bǎobuzhù) (colloquial)
• 保不定 (bǎobudìng) (colloquial)
• 保不齊 / 保不齐 (bǎobuqí) (colloquial)
• 備不住 / 备不住 (bèibuzhù) (regional)
• 凡勢 / 凡势 (hoān-sè) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 博定 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 可能 (kěnéng)
• 容許 / 容许 (róngxǔ) (literary)
• 怕係 / 怕系 (Hakka)
• 或者 (huòzhě)
• 或許 / 或许 (huòxǔ)
• 指不定 (zhǐbùdìng)
• 搞不好 (gǎobùhǎo)
• 歉采 (Hokkien)
• 殼張 / 壳张 (⁷khoq-tsan) (Wu, dated)
• 沒準兒 / 没准儿 (méizhǔnr) (colloquial)
• 興許 / 兴许 (xīngxǔ) (colloquial)
• 話勿出 / 话勿出 (⁶gho-veq-tsheq) (Wu)
• 話唔埋 / 话唔埋 (waa⁶ m⁴ maai⁴) (Cantonese)
• 話唔定 / 话唔定 (waa⁶ m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
• 說不定 / 说不定 (shuōbùdìng)
• 講勿定 / 讲勿定 (⁵kaon-veq-din) (Wu)
• 講唔定 / 讲唔定 (gong² m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
• 難免 / 难免 (nánmiǎn)