羞怯

Chinese

		shy; ashamed; shame shy; ashamed; shame; bashful	afraid; rustic
trad. (羞怯)		羞	怯
simp. #(羞怯)		羞	怯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiūqiè, xiūquè

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄑㄧㄝˋ, ㄒㄧㄡ ㄑㄩㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūqiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄑㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siouciè
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-chʻieh⁴
    • Yale: syōu-chyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiouchieh
    • Palladius: сюце (sjuce)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūquè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄑㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sioucyuè
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-chʻüeh⁴
    • Yale: syōu-chywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiouchiueh
    • Palladius: сюцюэ (sjucjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹/

Adjective

羞怯

1. shy; timid; sheepish

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)
• 膽小／胆小 (dǎnxiǎo)
• 膽怯／胆怯 (dǎnqiè)
• 膽細／胆细 (Hokkien)
• 軟弱／软弱 (ruǎnruò)