to be afraid

surname Pa; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps

heart (忄) + white (白) = to be afraid

The heart radical carries the emotional weight here — fear lives in the chest. 白 gives the sound pà and does not contribute to the meaning.

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HeartSemantic
WhitePhonetic

小孩子很黑暗。

xiǎo hái zi hěn pà hēi àn。

Small children are very afraid of the dark.

她一个人住,有人半夜敲门。

tā yī gè rén zhù,pà yǒu rén bàn yè qiāo mén。

She lives alone and fears someone will knock on the door in the middle of the night.

Words with 怕

酒香不怕巷子深

jiǔ xiāng bù pà xiàng zi shēn

fragrant wine fears no dark alley (idiom)

骇怕

hài pà

to be afraid

惊怕

jīng pà

alarmed

鬼怕恶人

guǐ pà è rén

lit. ghosts are afraid of evil too

一年被蛇咬,十年怕井绳

yī nián bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng

see 一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井繩|一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳[yi1 zhao1 bei4 she2 yao3 , shi2 nian2 pa4 jing3 sheng2]

一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳

yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng

lit. once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope (saying)

不做亏心事,不怕鬼敲门

bù zuò kuī xīn shì , bù pà guǐ qiāo mén

he who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night; you can rest with a clear conscience

不怕

bù pà

fearless

不怕一万,就怕万一

bù pà yī wàn , jiù pà wàn yī

better to be safe than sorry (proverb)

不怕不识货,只怕货比货

bù pà bù shí huò , zhǐ pà huò bǐ huò

lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb)

不怕不识货,就怕货比货

bù pà bù shí huò , jiù pà huò bǐ huò

lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb)

不怕官,只怕管

bù pà guān , zhǐ pà guǎn

lit. it is not an official to be feared, but a person in direct control over sb (proverb)

More characters with 忄