膽小鬼

See also: 胆小鬼

Chinese

		timid; cowardly	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (膽小鬼)		膽小	鬼
simp. (胆小鬼)		胆小	鬼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎnxiǎoguǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daam² siu² gwai²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎnxiǎoguǐ [Phonetic: dánxiáoguǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǎnsiǎoguěi
  - Wade–Giles: tan³-hsiao³-kuei³
  - Yale: dǎn-syǎu-gwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daansheaugoei
  - Palladius: даньсяогуй (danʹsjaoguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daam² siu² gwai²
  - Yale: dáam síu gwái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daam² siu² gwai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: dam² xiu² guei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːm³⁵ siːu̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

膽小鬼

coward

Synonyms

孱頭／孱头 (càntou)
懦夫 (nuòfū)
縮頭烏龜／缩头乌龟 (suōtóu wūguī)
狗熊 (gǒuxióng)
(Sichuan) 孬火藥／孬火药
(Cantonese) 冇膽鬼／冇胆鬼, 冇膽匪類／冇胆匪类
(Jin) 苶毬／苶球
(Hokkien) 懾屎跤／慑屎跤, 荏貨／荏货, 統雞／统鸡, 術仔／术仔

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