# 怕

| 怕 | U+6015, &#24597; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6015 |
| ← 怔 [U+6014] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 怖 → [U+6016] |

## Translingual
### Han character

怕 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 心竹日 (PHA), four-corner 9600$_0$, composition ⿰忄白)

#### Derived characters

* 𰯜, 𫻅, 𫻋, 𱘶

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 380, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10448
* Dae Jaweon: page 708, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2287, character 1
* Unihan data for U+6015

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 怕 | *pʰraːɡs, *pʰraːɡ |
| 帕 | *pʰraːɡs, *mbraːd |
| 粕 | *pʰaːɡ, *pʰraːɡ |
| 胉 | *pʰaːɡ |
| 泊 | *baːɡ |
| 箔 | *baːɡ |
| 魄 | *tʰaːɡ, *pʰraːɡ |
| 皕 | *prɯɡ |
| 伯 | *praːɡ |
| 百 | *praːɡ |
| 迫 | *praːɡ |
| 敀 | *praːɡ, *pʰraːɡ |
| 柏 | *praːɡ |
| 湐 | *praːɡ |
| 拍 | *pʰraːɡ |
| 珀 | *pʰraːɡ |
| 皛 | *pʰraːɡ, *ɡeːwʔ |
| 洦 | *mpʰraːɡ, *mbraːɡ |
| 白 | *braːɡ |
| 帛 | *braːɡ |
| 舶 | *braːɡ |
| 鮊 | *braːɡ |
| 陌 | *mbraːɡ |
| 帞 | *mbraːɡ |
| 袹 | *mbraːɡ |
| 蛨 | *mbraːɡ |
| 貊 | *mbraːɡ |
| 佰 | *mbraːɡ |
| 銆 | *mbraːɡ |
| 碧 | *praɡ, *preɡ |
| 咟 | *ɦmreːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰraːɡs, *pʰraːɡ) : semantic 心 (“heart”) + phonetic 白 (OC *braːɡ).

### Etymology 1

Cognate with 怖 (OC *pʰaːs) (Wang, 1982; Schuessler, 2007). Compare Proto-Kuki-Chin *phoo(k/ŋ) (“to startle; to alarm; to wake up”), whence Mizo phâwk (“to startle; to frighten”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007). Also compare Proto-Monic *phiic (“to be afraid”), whence Mon ဖေက် (“to fear”) (Schuessler, 2007).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): pà (pa$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): pa$^4$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): па (pa, III)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): paa$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): pa$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): pa$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pha
    (Meixian, Guangdong): pa$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): pa$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): pa̿
* Eastern Min (BUC): pá
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phàⁿ / phà
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pan$^3$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$pho
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): pa$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pà
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pà
*** Wade–Giles: pʻa$^4$
*** Yale: pà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pah
*** Palladius: па (pa)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰä⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: pa$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: pa
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰa²¹³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: па (pa, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰa⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: paa$^3$
*** Yale: pa
*** Cantonese Pinyin: paa$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pa$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaː³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: pa$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰa³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: pa$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰa²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pha
*** Hakka Romanization System: pa
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pa$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰa⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: pa$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰa⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: pa$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pʰa⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pa̿
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰa³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: pá
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɑ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: phànn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phvax
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰã¹¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /pʰã²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰã⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phà
*** Tâi-lô: phà
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phax
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰa¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰa²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: pan$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phàⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰã²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^5$pho
*** MiniDict: pho$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$pho
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰo³⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /pʰo⁵²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: pa$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰa̠⁴⁵/
* Middle Chinese: phaeH
Rime :
| Character | 怕 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (98) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 普駕切 |
| Baxter | phaeH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰˠa$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰᵚa$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰa$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰaɨ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰa$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰa$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pʰa$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pà |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | paa$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰraːɡs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 怕 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 184 |
| Phonetic component | 白 |
| Rime group | 暮 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 帊 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰraːɡs/ |
| Notes | 怖後出借字 |

#### Definitions

怕
* to fear; to be afraid of; to dread
    不要怕！ ― Bùyào pà! ― Don't be afraid!
    怕針怕血／怕针怕血 [Cantonese] ― paa$^3$ zam$^1$ paa$^3$ hyut$^3$ [Jyutping] ― to fear needles and blood
       keoi$^5$ ji$^5$ ging$^1$ paa$^3$ zo$^2$ nei$^5$. [Jyutping]
       He/she already dreads you
* to worry; to be concerned
* to be unable to withstand
* perhaps; supposedly; fearfully; I'm afraid that
** 1936, Lu Xun, “關於世界語”, in 倪海曙, editor, 魯迅論語文改革, 時代出版社, published 1949, page 18:
       Wǒ zìjǐ quèxìn, wǒ shì zànchéng shìjièyǔ de. Zànchéng de shíhòu yě zǎo dé hěn, pà yǒu èrshí nián le ba. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (Northern Wu) ugly
* a surname

##### Synonyms

* (to fear):
* 嚇／吓
* 害怕 (hàipà)
* 忌 (jì) (literary, or in compounds)
* 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)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 懼, 畏, 恐, 怯, 驚, 惶, 悚, 懾, 恇 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 害怕, 懼怕, 畏懼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 害怕, 怕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 害怕, 怕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 害怕, 發毛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 怕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | 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 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 驚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 害怕, 怕, 怯火 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 嫌怕, 打怵 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 害怕, 嚇 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 害怕, 怯, 怯乎, 怯豁 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 害怕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 害怕, 怕, 虛火, 虛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 嚇不過, 怕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 害怕, 怕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 害怕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 怕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 慌 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 嚇怕, 怕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 害怕, 怕, 怕懼, 懼乎 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 怕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 驚, 怕, 慌, 窒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 驚, 怕, 慌 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 狂 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 好怕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 驚, 窒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 慌, 怕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huancheng) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nanlang) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Xiaolan) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Henglan) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongfeng) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nantou) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Fusha) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shalang) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Gangkou) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huangpu) | 慌, 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Sanjiao) | 狂, 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong) | 慌, 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Minzhong) | 慌, 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Guzhen) | 𢗉 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Banfu) | 慌, 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanzhou) | 慌, 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 𢗉 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 𢗉 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 𢗉 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 狂 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 驚, 窒 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 怕, 驚 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 𢗉 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 狂 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 驚, 怕 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 驚, 怕 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 怕 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 怕 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 驚, 怕畏, 畏, 怕 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 狂 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 狂 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 好狂 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 怕, 驚, 畏 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 驚 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 驚 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 狂 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 驚 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Changting | 怕 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 怕 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 怕 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 嚇 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 怕 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 怕 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 怕 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 怕 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 怕 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 狂, 驚 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 怕 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 狂 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 狂 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 狂 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 驚 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 怕, 嚇 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 害怕, 怕 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 著怕, 怕 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 驚, 怕, 怯, 畏 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 驚 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 驚 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 驚 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 驚 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 驚 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang (Huangkeng) | 畏 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 嚇 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 嚇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 驚, 著驚, 驚惶, 懾, 懾屎, 會攝, 掣 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 驚, 著驚, 懾, 懾屎, 會攝, 掣 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 驚, 著驚, 驚惶, 懾, 會攝, 掣 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 驚惶 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 嚇 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 驚, 畏 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 驚, 畏 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 驚 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 驚 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 驚 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 驚 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 驚 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 驚 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 驚 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 狂, 怕 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 怕, 嚇 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 嚇 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 怕, 嚇 |
| Wu | Danyang | 怕 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 怕, 嚇, 慌, 怕慌, 發毛 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 怕, 嚇 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 怕, 嚇 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 光 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 怕, 畏怯 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 怕 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 怕 |
* (to worry):
* 急 (jí)
* 急眼 (jíyǎn) (colloquial)
* 恐怕 (kǒngpà)
* 患 (huàn) (literary, or in compounds)
* 愁 (chóu)
* 憂心／忧心 (yōuxīn)
* 憂慮／忧虑 (yōulǜ)
* 懸心／悬心 (xuánxīn)
* 掛心／挂心 (guàxīn)
* 掛礙／挂碍 (guà'ài)
* 揪心 (jiūxīn)
* 擔心／担心 (dānxīn)
* 擔憂／担忧 (dānyōu)
* 燒心／烧心 (shāoxīn) (regional or dated)
* 犯愁 (fànchóu)
* 疑慮／疑虑 (yílǜ)
* 發急／发急 (fājí)
* 發愁／发愁 (fāchóu)
* 發極／发极 ($^7$faq $^8$jiq) (Wu)
* 著急／着急 (zháojí)
* 起急 (qǐjí) (colloquial)
* 顧慮／顾虑 (gùlǜ)
* (ugly):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 醜, 媸 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 醜陋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 難看, 寒磣, 磣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 難看, 醜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 難看, 醜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 難看, 醜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 難看, 醜, 不心疼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 難看, 醜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 醜, 不好看 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 難看, 醜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 難看, 醜, 相壞 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 難睇, 醜, 醜怪, 樣衰, 醜樣, 肉酸, 核突 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 難睇, 醜, 醜怪, 樣衰, 醜樣, 肉酸, 核突 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 難睞 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 惡看, 醜鬼 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 不客氣, 難看 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 難看, 難睞, 醜, 像鬼 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 䆀 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 難看, 醜 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 驚人, 毛格式, 生得呆 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 驚儂, 驚, 伓好看, 生得呆 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 歹看, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 兇, 歹看, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 兇, 歹看, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 䆀看, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 歹看, 䆀, 䆀材, 㾀, 䆀猴, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 歹看 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 歹看, 䆀 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 兇, 歹看, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 孬睇, 野樣, 䆀 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 野樣 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 野樣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 歹睇 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 難看, 怕 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 怕 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 怕 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 難看, 怕 |
| Wu | Kunshan | 難看 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 難看 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 難看 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 難看 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 難覷, 否好覷, 醜 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 醜, 不好看, 不打彩 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 醜, 不好看 |

#### Compounds

* 不怕 (bùpà)
* 不怕臊
* 受怕擔憂／受怕担忧
* 只怕 (zhǐpà)
* 可怕 (kěpà)
* 哪怕 (nǎpà)
* 嚇怕／吓怕
* 害怕 (hàipà)
* 後怕／后怕 (hòupà)
* 心驚膽怕／心惊胆怕
* 怕三怕四
* 怕不 (pàbù)
* 怕不大
* 怕不待
* 怕不是
* 怕不道
* 怕事 (pàshì)
* 怕人 (pàrén)
* 怕人子
* 怕人設設／怕人设设
* 怕勢勢／怕势势
* 怕怕 (pàpà)
* 怕怖
* 怕懼／怕惧 (pàjù)
* 怕敢
* 怕是 (pàshì)
* 怕死貪生／怕死贪生
* 怕生 (pàshēng)
* 怕硬欺軟／怕硬欺软
* 怕羞 (pàxiū)
* 怕臊 (pàsào)
* 怕道
* 怕長怕短／怕长怕短
* 恐怕 (kǒngpà)
* 懼怕／惧怕 (jùpà)
* 拈輕怕重／拈轻怕重 (niānqīngpàzhòng)
* 擔驚受怕／担惊受怕 (dānjīngshòupà)
* 敢怕
* 欺善怕惡／欺善怕恶 (qīshànpà'è)
* 欺軟怕硬／欺软怕硬 (qīruǎnpàyìng)
* 深怕 (shēnpà)
* 生怕 (shēngpà)
* 耽驚受怕／耽惊受怕
* 貪生怕死／贪生怕死 (tānshēngpàsǐ)
* 那怕 (nǎpà)
* 駭怕／骇怕 (hàipà)
* 驚怕／惊怕
* 鬼怕惡人／鬼怕恶人

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bó (bo$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bó
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bó
*** Wade–Giles: po$^2$
*** Yale: bwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
*** Palladius: бо (bo)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu̯ɔ³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: phaek
Rime :
| Character | 怕 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 陌 (113) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 普伯切 |
| Baxter | phaek |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰˠæk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰᵚak̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰak̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰaɨjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰɐk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰɐk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pʰɐk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | po |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pak$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰraːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 怕 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 202 |
| Phonetic component | 白 |
| Rime group | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 拍 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰraːɡ/ |

#### Definitions

怕
* (literary) Alternative form of 泊 (“indifferent to fame or gain”)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: へ (he)
* Kan-on: は (ha)
* Kun: おそれる (osoreru, 怕れる)

## Korean
### Hanja

怕 (eumhun 두려워할 파 (duryeowohal pa))
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怕 (eumhun 담담할 백 (damdamhal baek))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

怕: Hán Nôm readings: phạ
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