哪怕

The Chinese word 哪怕 (nǎpà) is a compound word consisting of two characters: 那 (nà) and 怕 (pà). The character 那 (nà) originally meant "that" or "there", but in modern Chinese, it is often used as an interrogative pronoun meaning "which" or "what". The character 怕 (pà) means "to be afraid of" or "to fear". When combined together, the two characters 那 and 怕 form the word 哪怕 (nǎpà), which literally means "even if afraid of". However, in modern Chinese, 哪怕 is often used in a figurative sense to mean "even if" or "no matter how". For example, the sentence 哪怕你再努力，也无法改变结果 (nǎpà nǐ zài nǔlì, yě wúfǎ gǎibiàn jiéguǒ) means "No matter how hard you try, you cannot change the outcome".