畏惧 meaning in English

wèijù

to fear; to dread

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 畏懼20 strokes

Meaning of 畏惧

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

wèijù
  1. to fear
  2. to dread
  3. foreboding

畏惧 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ无wú所suǒ畏wèi惧jù。
I'm fearless.
天tiān使shǐ畏wèi惧jù处chù, 愚yú人rén敢gǎn闯chuǎng入rù。
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
我wǒ们men不bù畏wèi惧jù任rèn何hé困kùn难nán。
We're not afraid of any difficulties.
孤gū独dú的de人rén会huì孤gū独dú,是shì因yīn为wèi他tā畏wèi惧jù他tā人rén。
Lonely people perpetuate their own loneliness through their fear of others.
她tā并bìng不bù畏wèi惧jù他tā。
She wasn't intimidated by him.

Stroke order for each character

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畏 wèi · fear · 9 strokes

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惧 jù · to fear · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 畏惧.

恐惧kǒngjùfear; dread; to fear; to dread
畏缩wèisuōto cower; to flinch; to quail; to recoil
惧怕jùpàto be afraid
敬畏jìngwèito revere
恐惧症kǒngjùzhèngphobia
不畏bùwèiunafraid; to defy

Questions about 畏惧

What does 畏惧 mean?

畏惧 (wèijù) means "to fear; to dread" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 畏惧?

畏惧 is made of 2 characters: 畏 (9 strokes), 惧 (11 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 畏惧 an HSK word?

Yes. 畏惧 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 畏惧 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 畏惧 is written 畏懼.