膽怯

See also: 胆怯

Chinese

		the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder	afraid; rustic
trad. (膽怯)		膽	怯
simp. (胆怯)		胆	怯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎnqiè, dǎnquè

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄝˋ, ㄉㄢˇ ㄑㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daam² hip³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tám-khiap

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎnqiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎnciè
    • Wade–Giles: tan³-chʻieh⁴
    • Yale: dǎn-chyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daanchieh
    • Palladius: даньце (danʹce)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎnquè
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˇ ㄑㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎncyuè
    • Wade–Giles: tan³-chʻüeh⁴
    • Yale: dǎn-chywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daanchiueh
    • Palladius: даньцюэ (danʹcjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daam² hip³
    • Yale: dáam hip
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daam² hip⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: dam² hib³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːm³⁵ hiːp̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tám-khiap
    • Tâi-lô: tám-khiap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dafmqiab
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiap̚³²/

Adjective

膽怯

1. timid; lacking courage; cowardly

   生活中有許許多多的機遇，也有許許多多的膽怯、遲疑和退縮。 [MSC, trad.]
   生活中有许许多多的机遇，也有许许多多的胆怯、迟疑和退缩。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shēnghuó zhōng yǒu xǔxǔduōduō de jīyù, yě yǒu xǔxǔduōduō de dǎnqiè, chíyí hé tuìsuō. [Pinyin]

   Life presents us with many opportunities — as well as many times to be timid, hesitate or withdraw.

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)
• 羞怯 (xiūqiè)
• 膽小／胆小 (dǎnxiǎo)
• 膽細／胆细 (Hokkien)
• 軟弱／软弱 (ruǎnruò)