膽小

See also: 胆小

Chinese

		the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
trad. (膽小)		膽	小
simp. (胆小)		胆	小
anagram		小膽／小胆

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎnxiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daam² siu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎnxiǎo [Phonetic: dánxiǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǎnsiǎo
  - Wade–Giles: tan³-hsiao³
  - Yale: dǎn-syǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daansheau
  - Palladius: даньсяо (danʹsjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎnrxiǎo [Phonetic: dánrxiǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˇㄦㄒㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǎnrsiǎo
  - Wade–Giles: tan³-ʼrh-hsiao³
  - Yale: dǎnr-syǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daalsheau
  - Palladius: даньрсяо (danʹrsjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daam² siu²
  - Yale: dáam síu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daam² siu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: dam² xiu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːm³⁵ siːu̯³⁵/

Adjective

膽小

timid; cowardly

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)
膽怯／胆怯 (dǎnqiè)
膽細／胆细 (Hokkien)
軟弱／软弱 (ruǎnruò)

Derived terms

膽小如鼠／胆小如鼠 (dǎnxiǎorúshǔ)
膽小怕事／胆小怕事
膽小鬼／胆小鬼 (dǎnxiǎoguǐ)

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