Chinese symbol for “lest”
唯恐
wéi kǒng
for fear that; lest; also written 惟恐
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lest is 唯恐 (wéi kǒng), defined as: for fear that; lest; also written 惟恐.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 唯恐.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 唯一 | wéi yī | only; sole |
| 唯有 | wéi yǒu | only |
| 唯独 (唯獨) | wéi dú | only; just (i.e. it is only that...) |
| 唯物主义 (唯物主義) | wéi wù zhǔ yì | materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality |
| 唯美 | wéi měi | aesthetics |
| 恐怖 | kǒng bù | terrible; frightful |
| 恐惧 (恐懼) | kǒng jù | fear; dread; to fear; to dread |
| 恐怕 | kǒng pà | fear; to dread |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lest”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.