提心吊膽

See also: 提心吊胆 and 提心弔膽

Chinese

		to worry; to be anxious	to hang; to suspend	the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder
trad. (提心吊膽/提心弔膽)		提心	吊/弔	膽
simp. (提心吊胆)		提心	吊	胆
Literally: “to carry the heart and hang the gallbladder”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tíxīndiàodǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴ sam¹ diu³ daam²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thê-sim-tiàu-táⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tíxīndiàodǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tísindiàodǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi²-hsin¹-tiao⁴-tan³
    • Yale: tí-syīn-dyàu-dǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyishindiawdaan
    • Palladius: тисиньдяодань (tisinʹdjaodanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai⁴ sam¹ diu³ daam²
    • Yale: tàih sām diu dáam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ sam¹ diu³ daam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴ sem¹ diu³ dam²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ tiːu̯³³ taːm³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thê-sim-tiàu-táⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thê-sim-tiàu-tánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tesimdiao'dvar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² sim³³ tiau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe¹³⁻²² sim⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau¹¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau²¹⁻⁴¹ tã⁴¹/

Idiom

提心吊膽

1. to be on tenterhooks; to be scared or jittery; to be in constant fear