哪怕

Chinese

		which	to be afraid; to fear
simp. and trad. (哪怕)		哪	怕
alternative forms		那怕

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nǎpà

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˇ ㄆㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naa⁵ paa³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ná-phàⁿ
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶na-pho; ¹na-pho

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nǎpà
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˇ ㄆㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nǎpà
  - Wade–Giles: na³-pʻa⁴
  - Yale: nǎ-pà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naapah
  - Palladius: напа (napa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naa⁵ paa³
  - Yale: náh pa
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naa⁵ paa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: na⁵ pa³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naː¹³ pʰaː³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ná-phàⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: ná-phànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nafphvax
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰã²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pʰã⁴¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶na-pho; ¹na-pho
  - MiniDict: na^去 pho; 'na^平 pho
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³na-pho; ¹'na-pho
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /na²² pʰo⁴⁴/, /na⁵⁵ pʰo²¹/

Conjunction

哪怕

even if; even though
哪怕下雨我們也要去。 [MSC, trad.]
哪怕下雨我们也要去。 [MSC, simp.]
Nǎpà xiàyǔ wǒmen yě yào qù. [Pinyin]
We will go even if it rains.

Synonyms

even (Hong Kong Cantonese)
不怕 (bùpà)
任憑 / 任凭 (rènpíng)
作哩 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
作算 (zo⁶ sonn⁴) (Xiang)
儘管 / 尽管
即令 (jílìng)
即使 (jíshǐ)
即便 (jíbiàn)
就 (jiù)
就使 (Hokkien)
就算 (jiùsuàn) (colloquial)
就若 (Hokkien)
就若是 (Hokkien)
怕不 (pàbù) (literary or dialectal)
縱 / 纵 (formal)
縱使 / 纵使 (zòngshǐ)
縱然 / 纵然 (zòngrán)
設令 / 设令 (shèlìng)
饒 / 饶 (ráo) (colloquial)

Derived terms

行得正，立得直，哪怕和尚尼姑合板凳