冇膽鬼

See also: 冇胆鬼

Chinese

		cowardly; lacking bravery	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (冇膽鬼)		冇膽	鬼
simp. (冇胆鬼)		冇胆	鬼

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ daam² gwai²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁵ daam² gwai²
  - Yale: móuh dáam gwái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ daam² gwai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ dam² guei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ taːm³⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

冇膽鬼

(Cantonese) coward
呢個死冇膽鬼唔敢食鳳爪喎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
呢个死冇胆鬼唔敢食凤爪㖞。 [Cantonese, simp.]
ni¹ go³ sei² mou⁵ daam² gwai² m⁴ gam² sik⁶ fung⁶ zaau² wo⁴. [Jyutping]
This stupid coward here won't eat chicken feet.

Synonyms

懦夫 (nuòfū)
孱頭／孱头 (càntou)
膽小鬼／胆小鬼 (dǎnxiǎoguǐ)
(Cantonese) 冇膽匪類／冇胆匪类
(Hokkien) 懾屎跤／慑屎跤, 荏貨／荏货, 統雞／统鸡

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