| 生怕 | shēng pà | to fear / afraid / extremely nervous / for fear that / to avoid / so as not to |   |
| 恐 |  kǒng | afraid / frightened / to fear | |
| 怖 | bù | terror / terrified / afraid / frightened | |
| 慑 | shè | afraid / be feared / to fear / to frighten / to intimidate | |
| 凛 | lǐn | cold / to shiver with cold / to tremble with fear / afraid / apprehensive / strict / stern / severe / austere / awe-inspiring / imposing / majestic | |
| 危惧 | wēi jù | afraid / apprehensive | |
| 恐怕 | kǒng pà | fear / to dread / I'm afraid that... / perhaps / maybe | |
| 害怕 | hài pà | to be afraid / to be scared | |
| 只怕 | zhǐ pà | I'm afraid that... / perhaps / maybe / very likely | |
| 惧怕 | jù pà | to be afraid | |
| 忌惮 | jì dàn | to be afraid of the consequences / restraining fear | |
| 贪生怕死 | tān shēng pà sǐ | greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom) / craven and cowardly / clinging abjectly to life / only interested in saving one's neck | |
| 怕事 | pà shì | timid / to be afraid of getting involved / to be afraid of getting into trouble | |
| 畏罪 | wèi zuì | to dread punishment / afraid of being arrested for a crime | |
| 怕生 | pà shēng | fear of strangers / to be afraid of strangers (of small children) | |
| 畏首畏尾 | wèi shǒu wèi wěi | afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom) / ever fearful and nervous / afraid of the slightest thing | |
| 怕 | pà | to be afraid / to fear / to dread / to be unable to endure / perhaps | |
| 憷 | chù | to be afraid | |
| 视死如归 | shì sǐ rú guī | to view death as a return home / to not be afraid of dying / to face death with equanimity (idiom) | |
| 不避斧钺 | bù bì fǔ yuè | not trying to avoid the battle-ax (idiom) / not afraid of dying in combat / not afraid of being executed | |
| 视为畏途 | shì wéi wèi tú | to view as dangerous (idiom) / afraid to do sth | |
| 鬼怕恶人 | guǐ pà è rén | lit. ghosts are afraid of evil too / an evil person fears someone even more evil (idiom) | |
| 惕然 | tì rán | to be afraid, fearful of | |
| 光脚的不怕穿鞋的 | guāng jiǎo de bù pà chuān xié de | lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom) / fig. the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power | |
| 好怕的 | hǎo pà de | worthy of being afraid of | |
| 怕死鬼 | pà sǐ guǐ | afraid to die (contemptuous term) | |
| 争臣 | zhēng chén | minister not afraid to give forthright criticism | |
| 脚正不怕鞋歪 | jiǎo zhèng bù pà xié wāi | lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe / an upright man is not afraid of gossip (idiom) | |
| 寒蝉效应 | hán chán xiào yìng | the chilling effect of a climate of fear in which people are afraid to speak their mind | |
| 憷头 | chù tóu | to be afraid to stick out | |
| 嘴软 | zuǐ ruǎn | soft-spoken / afraid to speak out | |
| 犯怵 | fàn chù | to be afraid / to feel nervous | |
| 骇怕 | hài pà | to be afraid / to be frightened | |
| 谁怕谁 | shéi pà shéi | bring it on! / who's afraid? | |
| 拉下脸 | lā xià liǎn | to look displeased / to not be afraid of hurting sb's feelings / to put aside one's pride | |
