小膽

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder
trad. (小膽)		小	膽
simp. (小胆)		小	胆
anagram		膽小／胆小

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-táⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-táⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sió-tánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'dvar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tã⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tã⁴¹/

Adjective

小膽

1. (Southern Min) timid; lacking courage; cowardly

Synonyms

• 喪膽／丧胆 (sàngdǎn)
• 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)
• 膽怯／胆怯 (dǎnqiè)
• 膽細／胆细 (Hokkien)
• 荏弱 (rěnruò)
• 軟弱／软弱 (ruǎnruò)