粵

生sang1怕paa3

sang1 paa3shēng pà

English

  1. to fear
  2. afraid
  3. extremely nervous
  4. for fear that
  5. to avoid
  6. so as not to
  7. to afraid; so as not to; to avoid

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 驚死;好驚一啲嘢會發生

Examples

  • 阿加成日拎實個銀包,驚死人哋偷佢錢。

    阿加整天拿著錢包,生怕別人偷他的錢。 (aa3 gaa1 zing2 tin1 naa4 zoek6 cin4 baau1, sang1 paa3 bit6 jan4 tau1 taa1 dik1 cin2.)

    Ah-ka seldom puts down his wallet, just in case people would steal his money.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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