HSK 6 · Emotions

畏惧 wèijù “to fear” in Chinese

Traditional 畏懼

What 畏惧 means

  1. to fear
  2. to dread
  3. foreboding

How to say 畏惧

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale畏wèi4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale惧jù4th tone, falling

畏惧 in a sentence

  1. 我们不畏惧任何困难。

    Wǒmen bú wèijù rènhé kùnnan.

    We’re not afraid of any difficulty.

    Sentence #432338 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她并不畏惧他。

    Tā bìng bú wèijù tā.

    She wasn’t intimidated by him.

    Sentence #13753059 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 天使畏惧处，愚人敢闯入。

    Tiānshǐ wèijù chù, yúrén gǎn chuǎngrù.

    Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

    Sentence #772090 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 畏惧 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 畏 (wèi) drawn as one shape
畏wèito fear

畏 is a single shape of 9 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 惧 (jù) with each of its parts in a different colour
惧jùto fear
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 具tool · jùSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 具 (jù) hints at the sound. Compare it with jù.

How to write 畏惧

畏 9 strokes · 惧 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

畏惧 (wèijù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 畏惧 (wèijù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 畏惧

Words with 惧

恐惧kǒngjù · fear

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

陶醉táozuì · to be intoxicated (by)体谅tǐliàng · to be understanding唾弃tuòqì · to spurn惋惜wǎnxī · to regret为难wéinán · to make things difficult (for)无动于衷wúdòngyúzhōng · unmoved无精打采wújīngdǎcǎi · listless无忧无虑wúyōuwúlǜ · carefree

FAQs

畏惧 (wèijù) means “to fear” or “to dread”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wèijù: wèi with a 4th tone, then jù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 畏惧 is written 畏懼. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type weiju with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 畏惧 from the suggestions. Typing weiju into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
畏惧 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.