| 毛 |  máo | hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1]) |   |
| 征彸 | zhēng zhōng | scared / badly frightened | |
| 怔忪 | zhēng zhōng | frightened / scared / terrified | |
| 害怕 | hài pà | to be afraid / to be scared | |
| 提心吊胆 | tí xīn diào dǎn | (saying) to be very scared and on edge | |
| 吓一跳 | xià yī tiào | startled / to frighten / scared out of one's skin | |
| 怕死 | pà sǐ | to be scared of dying | |
| 发毛 | fā máo | to rant and rave / to be scared, upset (Beijing dialect) | |
| 有惊无险 | yǒu jīng wú xiǎn | to be more scared than hurt (idiom) / to get through a daunting experience without mishap | |
| 心惊胆战 | xīn jīng dǎn zhàn | lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom) / prostrate with fear / scared witless | |
| 丧胆 | sàng dǎn | panic-stricken / scared out of one's wits | |
| 魂不附体 | hún bù fù tǐ | lit. body and soul separated (idiom) / fig. scared out of one's wits / beside oneself | |
| 慑服 | shè fú | to overawe / to be scared into submission | |
| 谈虎色变 | tán hǔ sè biàn | to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom) / to be scared at the mere mention of | |
| 惊 | jīng | to startle / to be frightened / to be scared / alarm | |
| 胆战心惊 | dǎn zhàn xīn jīng | to tremble with fear (idiom) / scared witless | |
| 屁滚尿流 | pì gǔn niào liú | to piss one's pants in terror (idiom) / scared witless | |
| 破胆寒心 | pò dǎn hán xīn | to be scared out of one's wits | |
| 心胆俱裂 | xīn dǎn jù liè | to be scared out of one's wits (idiom) | |
| 恟 | xiōng | scared, nervous | |
| 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳 | yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng | lit. once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope (saying) / fig. once bitten, twice shy | |
| 丧魂落魄 | sàng hún luò pò | scared out of one's wits (idiom) / in a panic | |
| 吓疯 | xià fēng | to be scared senseless | |
| 吓破胆 | xià pò dǎn | to be scared out of one's wits / to scare stiff | |
| 壮起胆子 | zhuàng qǐ dǎn zi | to proceed with sth even though scared / to put on a brave face | |
| 破胆 | pò dǎn | to be scared stiff | |
