Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- wèi
English
- fear, dread, awe, reverence
- to fear
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Words containing 畏
- 畏懼wai3 geoi6
to fear
- 畏難wai3 naan4
to be daunted by challenges
- 畏縮wai3 suk1
to cower; to flinch; to quail; to recoil
- 敬畏ging3 wai3
to revere
- 大無畏daai6 mou4 wai3
utterly fearless
- 畏友wai3 jau5
revered friend
- 畏途wai3 tou4
dangerous road
- 畏忌wai3 gei6
to be arrested by fear
- 無畏mou4 wai3
(adjective) bold; absolutely fearless
- 畏怯wai3 hip3
timorous
- 不畏bat1 wai3
unafraid
- 無畏艦mou4 wai3 laam6
dreadnought
- 望而生畏mong6 ji4 sang1 wai3
(idiom) to feel intimidated
- 可畏ho2 wai3
dreadful
- 生畏sang1 wai3
to feel intimidated
- 畏罪wai3 zeoi6
to dread punishment
- 後生可畏hau6 sang1 ho2 wai3
the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom)
- 人言可畏jan4 jin4 ho2 wai3
gossip is a fearful thing (idiom)
- 不畏強暴bat1 wai3 koeng4 bou6
not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
- 無畏無懼mou4 wai3 mou4 geoi6
fearless
- 畏首畏尾wai3 sau2 wai3 mei5
afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous
- 畏首畏尾wai3 sau2 wai3 mei5
afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous
- 無畏號mou4 wai3 hou6
the USS Intrepid, a US Navy ship aircraft carrier
- 視為畏途si6 wai4 wai3 tou4
to view as dangerous (idiom); afraid to do sth