不怕

不怕

Chinese

		not; no	to be afraid; to fear
simp. and trad. (不怕)		不	怕
anagram		怕不

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùpà

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ paa³
• Xiang (Wiktionary): bu⁶ pa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùpà [Phonetic: búpà]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùpà
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-pʻa⁴
    • Yale: bù-pà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bupah
    • Palladius: бупа (bupa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pʰä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ paa³
    • Yale: bāt pa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ paa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ pa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ pʰaː³³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: bu⁶ pa⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²⁴ pʰa̠⁴⁵/

Verb

不怕

1. to not fear; to be fearless; to be not afraid

   不怕你！  ―  Bùpà nǐ!  ―  I'm not afraid of you!

   學好數理化，走遍天下都不怕。 [MSC, trad.]
   学好数理化，走遍天下都不怕。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xuéhǎo shùlǐhuà, zǒubiàntiānxià dōu bùpà. [Pinyin]

   A mastery of maths, physics and chemistry is a key to global success. (common saying)

   只要一家人能團聚，受多少罪，吃多少苦，我都不怕。 [MSC, trad.]
   只要一家人能团聚，受多少罪，吃多少苦，我都不怕。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhǐyào yījiārén néng tuánjù, shòu duōshǎo zuì, chī duōshǎo kǔ, wǒ dōu bùpà. [Pinyin]

   As long as the family can be reunited, I am willing to endure any kind of hardship that comes my way.

Synonyms

• 不愁 (bùchóu)
• (literary) 不畏 (bùwèi)

Derived terms

一不怕苦，二不怕死 (yī bùpà kǔ, èr bùpà sǐ) 不怕官，只怕管 (bùpà guān, zhǐ pà guǎn) 不怕慢，就怕站 (bù pà màn, jiù pà zhàn) 不怕臊 人正不怕影子斜 天不怕，地不怕 真金不怕火 不怕一萬，就怕萬一／不怕一万，就怕万一 (bùpà yīwàn, jiù pà wànyī) 不怕不識貨，就怕貨比貨／不怕不识货，就怕货比货 (bùpàbùshíhuò, jiùpàhuòbǐhuò)

不怕縣官，只怕現管／不怕县官，只怕现管 不怕貨比貨，就怕不識貨／不怕货比货，就怕不识货 兩不怕／两不怕 (liǎngbùpà) 天不怕，地不怕，只怕廣東人說官話／天不怕，地不怕，只怕广东人说官话 (tiān bùpà, dì bùpà, zhǐ pà Guǎngdōngrén shuō guānhuà) 好漢不怕出身低／好汉不怕出身低 文官不愛錢，武官不怕死／文官不爱钱，武官不怕死 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒／留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 (liú dé qīngshān zài, bùpà méi chái shāo) 白天不做虧心事，半夜不怕鬼敲門／白天不做亏心事，半夜不怕鬼敲门 真金不怕火煉／真金不怕火炼 (zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ liàn)

Conjunction

不怕

1. even if; even though

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 不怕

作算 (Xiang) 即令 (jílìng) 即使 (jíshǐ) 即便 (jíbiàn) 哪怕 (nǎpà) 就 (jiù) 就使 (Min Nan) 就算 (jiùsuàn) (colloquial) 就若 (Min Nan)

就若是 (Min Nan) 怕不 (pàbù) (literary or dialectal) 任憑／任凭 (rènpíng) 儘管／尽管 (jǐnguǎn) 縱／纵 (zòng) (formal) 縱使／纵使 (zòngshǐ) 縱然／纵然 (zòngrán) 設令／设令 (shèlìng) 饒／饶 (ráo) (colloquial)