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膽怯

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

Adjective

膽怯

timid; lacking courage; cowardly

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dǎnqiè, dǎnquè

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄝˋ, ㄉㄢˇ ㄑㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daam² hip³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: dǎnqiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daanchieh
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: dǎnquè
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˇ ㄑㄩㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daanchiueh
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰɥ̯œ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daam² hip³
  - Yale: dáam hip
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daam² hip⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑːm³⁵ hiːp̚³/