肝膽

肝膽

Chinese

		liver	the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder
trad. (肝膽)		肝	膽
simp. (肝胆)		肝	胆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāndǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄉㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gon¹ daam²
• Min Nan (POJ): kan-tám / kan-táⁿ / koaⁿ-táⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gāndǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄉㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gandaan
    • IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gon¹ daam²
    • Yale: gōn dáam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon¹ daam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gon¹ dam²
    • IPA ^(key): /kɔːn⁵⁵ täːm³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-tám
    • Tâi-lô: kan-tám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kandarm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³ tam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² tam⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-táⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kan-tánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kandvar
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² tã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³ tã⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koaⁿ-táⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kuann-tánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvoa'dvar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ tã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ tã⁵³/

Noun

肝膽

1. openheartedness; sincerity
2. heroic spirit; courage
3. intimacy

Derived terms

肝膽相照／肝胆相照 (gāndǎn-xiāngzhào)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (肝膽):

• → Korean: 간담 (肝膽, gandam)
• → Vietnamese: can đảm (肝膽)