"唯恐" meaning in Chinese

See 唯恐 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /weɪ̯³⁵ kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /wɐi̯²¹ hʊŋ³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /vi²² kʰoŋ⁴⁴/ [Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA, Wu], /weɪ̯³⁵ kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /wɐi̯²¹ hʊŋ³⁵/, /vi²² kʰoŋ⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: wéikǒng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄟˊ ㄎㄨㄥˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], wai⁴ hung² [Cantonese, Jyutping], ⁶vi-khon, wéikǒng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄨㄟˊ ㄎㄨㄥˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], wéikǒng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], wei²-kʻung³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], wéi-kǔng [Mandarin, Yale, standard], weikoong [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], вэйкун [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], vɛjkun [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], wàih húng [Cantonese, Yale], wai⁴ hung² [Cantonese, Pinyin], wei⁴ hung² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ⁶vi-khon [Northern, Wu], vi^去 khon [Northern, Wu], ³vi-khon [Northern, Shanghai, Wiktionary-specific, Wu] Forms: 惟恐
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 唯恐
  1. I'm afraid that; unfortunately; probably; regretfully; fearfully; perhaps; maybe
    Sense id: en-唯恐-zh-adv-Nv6Tfb7J Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: 可怕 (kěpà) [literary], 只怕 (zhǐpà), 害怕 (hàipà) [dialectal], 怕不 (pàbù) [dialectal, literary], 恐怕 (kǒngpà), 恐防 (kong3 fang2) [Sichuanese], 敢畏 (gan2 uin3) [Teochew], 盡驚 [Hokkien], 尽惊 [Hokkien], 驚了 [Min-Nan], 惊了 [Min-Nan]
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "惟恐"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "唯恐",
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "I'm afraid that; unfortunately; probably; regretfully; fearfully; perhaps; maybe"
      ],
      "id": "en-唯恐-zh-adv-Nv6Tfb7J",
      "links": [
        [
          "afraid",
          "afraid"
        ],
        [
          "unfortunately",
          "unfortunately"
        ],
        [
          "probably",
          "probably"
        ],
        [
          "regretfully",
          "regretfully"
        ],
        [
          "fearfully",
          "fearfully"
        ],
        [
          "perhaps",
          "perhaps"
        ],
        [
          "maybe",
          "maybe"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "kěpà",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "可怕"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhǐpà",
          "word": "只怕"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hàipà",
          "tags": [
            "dialectal"
          ],
          "word": "害怕"
        },
        {
          "roman": "pàbù",
          "tags": [
            "dialectal",
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "怕不"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kǒngpà",
          "word": "恐怕"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kong3 fang2",
          "tags": [
            "Sichuanese"
          ],
          "word": "恐防"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gan2 uin3",
          "tags": [
            "Teochew"
          ],
          "word": "敢畏"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "盡驚"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "尽惊"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "驚了"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "惊了"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéikǒng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄎㄨㄥˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁴ hung²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶vi-khon"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéikǒng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄎㄨㄥˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéikǒng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei²-kʻung³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéi-kǔng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "weikoong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэйкун"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛjkun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wàih húng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁴ hung²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei⁴ hung²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²¹ hʊŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶vi-khon"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vi^去 khon"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³vi-khon"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vi²² kʰoŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²¹ hʊŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vi²² kʰoŋ⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "唯恐"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "惟恐"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
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    }
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese adverbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 唯",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 恐",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin adverbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Wu adverbs",
        "Wu lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "I'm afraid that; unfortunately; probably; regretfully; fearfully; perhaps; maybe"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "afraid",
          "afraid"
        ],
        [
          "unfortunately",
          "unfortunately"
        ],
        [
          "probably",
          "probably"
        ],
        [
          "regretfully",
          "regretfully"
        ],
        [
          "fearfully",
          "fearfully"
        ],
        [
          "perhaps",
          "perhaps"
        ],
        [
          "maybe",
          "maybe"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéikǒng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄎㄨㄥˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁴ hung²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶vi-khon"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéikǒng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄎㄨㄥˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéikǒng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei²-kʻung³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéi-kǔng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "weikoong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэйкун"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛjkun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wàih húng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁴ hung²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei⁴ hung²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²¹ hʊŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶vi-khon"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vi^去 khon"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³vi-khon"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vi²² kʰoŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²¹ hʊŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vi²² kʰoŋ⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "kěpà",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "可怕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhǐpà",
      "word": "只怕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hàipà",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "害怕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pàbù",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "怕不"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kǒngpà",
      "word": "恐怕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kong3 fang2",
      "tags": [
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "word": "恐防"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gan2 uin3",
      "tags": [
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "敢畏"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "盡驚"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "尽惊"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "驚了"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "惊了"
    }
  ],
  "word": "唯恐"
}

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