破膽

Chinese

		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. (破膽)		破	膽
simp. (破胆)		破	胆

Pronunciation

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

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phòa-táⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: phuà-tánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoardvar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰua¹¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰua²¹⁻⁴¹ tã⁴¹/

Adjective

破膽

1. (Southern Min) smitten with fear; terror-stricken (usually used after a verb)

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)
• 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)
• 軟弱／软弱 (ruǎnruò)