嚇破膽

Chinese

		to frighten; to scare; to intimidate to frighten; to scare; to intimidate; to threaten	to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder
trad. (嚇破膽)		嚇	破	膽
simp. (吓破胆)		吓	破	胆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàpòdǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄆㄛˋ ㄉㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³ po³ daam²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàpòdǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄆㄛˋ ㄉㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàpòdǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-pʻo⁴-tan³
    • Yale: syà-pwò-dǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahpohdaan
    • Palladius: сяподань (sjapodanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haak³ po³ daam²
    • Yale: haak po dáam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁸ po³ daam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hag³ po³ dam²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːk̚³ pʰɔː³³ taːm³⁵/

Verb

嚇破膽

1. to be scared out of one's wits; to be scared stiff; to be scared gutless

Synonyms

• 嚇一跳／吓一跳 (xiàyītiào)
• (Hokkien) 失膽／失胆