生怕
sang1 paa3shēng pà
English
- to fear
- afraid
- extremely nervous
- for fear that
- to avoid
- so as not to
- to afraid; so as not to; to avoid
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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