膽怯

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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
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tám-khiap

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎnqiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǎnciè
  - Wade–Giles: tan³-chʻieh⁴
  - Yale: dǎn-chyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daanchieh
  - Palladius: даньце (danʹce)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎnquè
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˇ ㄑㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǎncyuè
  - Wade–Giles: tan³-chʻüeh⁴
  - Yale: dǎn-chywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daanchiueh
  - Palladius: даньцюэ (danʹcjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daam² hip³
  - Yale: dáam hip
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daam² hip⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: dam² hib³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːm³⁵ hiːp̚³/
Southern Min
- (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

timid; lacking courage; cowardly
生活中有許許多多的機遇，也有許許多多的膽怯、遲疑和退縮。 [MSC, trad.]
生活中有许许多多的机遇，也有许许多多的胆怯、迟疑和退缩。 [MSC, simp.]
Shēnghuó zhōng yǒu xǔxǔduōduō de jīyù, yě yǒu xǔxǔduōduō de dǎnqiè, chíyí hé tuìsuō.
Life presents us with many opportunities — as well as many times to be timid, hesitate or withdraw.

Synonyms

喪膽 / 丧胆 (sàngdǎn)
小膽 / 小胆 (Hokkien)
怯懦 (qiènuò)
慄膽 / 栗胆 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
懦弱 (nuòruò)
懾膽 / 慑胆 (Hokkien)
熊 (xióng) (colloquial)
破膽 / 破胆 (Hokkien)
細膽 / 细胆 (sai³ daam²) (Cantonese)
羞怯 (xiūqiè)
膽小 / 胆小 (dǎnxiǎo)
膽細 / 胆细 (Hokkien)
荏弱 (rěnruò)
軟弱 / 软弱 (ruǎnruò)
雀囝膽 / 雀囝胆 (Puxian Min)
鳥囝膽 / 鸟囝胆 (Puxian Min)
鳥膽 / 鸟胆 (Puxian Min)

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