怕生

Chinese

		to be afraid; to fear	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (怕生)		怕	生
anagram		生怕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pàshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚˋ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paa³ saang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phàⁿ-sng / phàⁿ-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pàshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pàsheng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻa⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: pà-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pahsheng
    • Palladius: пашэн (pašɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paa³ saang¹
    • Yale: pa sāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paa³ saang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pa³ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaː³³ saːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàⁿ-sng
    • Tâi-lô: phànn-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phvarsngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàⁿ-seng
    • Tâi-lô: phànn-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phvarsefng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰã²¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

怕生

1. to be shy with strangers

   我這個人從小就特別怕生。 [MSC, trad.]
   我这个人从小就特别怕生。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ zhège rén cóngxiǎo jiù tèbié pàshēng. [Pinyin]

   I've been afraid of strangers since I was little.

Synonyms

• 怯生 (qièshēng)
• 認生／认生 (rènshēng)
• 驚生份／惊生份 (Hokkien)