Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/怕-pà-fear

怕 pà fear in Mandarin Chinese

Definition

Radical is 心 xīn “heart” (262), since “fear” is an emotion. When at the left side of a character, this radical is referred to colloquially as 心字旁 xīnzìpáng “side made up of the character 心” and is written as 忄. Phonetic is 白 bái “white” (328). Distinguish 怕 from 白.

Examples

• 怕 pà be afraid; fear [V]
• 可怕 kĕpà be frightful, terrible, horrible [SV]

Sources

Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler

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