膽怯

膽怯

See also: 胆怯

Chinese

		the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder	afraid; rustic
trad. (膽怯)		膽	怯
simp. (胆怯)		胆	怯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎnqiè, dǎnquè

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄝˋ, ㄉㄢˇ ㄑㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daam² hip³
• Min Nan (POJ): tám-khiap

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: dǎnqiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daanchieh
    • IPA ^(key): /tän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: dǎnquè
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˇ ㄑㄩㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daanchiueh
    • IPA ^(key): /tän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰɥ̯œ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daam² hip³
    • Yale: dáam hip
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daam² hip⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: dam² hib³
    • IPA ^(key): /täːm³⁵ hiːp̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tám-khiap
    • Tâi-lô: tám-khiap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dafmqiab
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiap̚³²/

Adjective

膽怯

1. timid; lacking courage; cowardly

Synonyms

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小膽／小胆 (Min Nan) 細膽／细胆 (Cantonese)

膽小／胆小 (dǎnxiǎo) 膽細／胆细 (Min Nan)