big膽

Chinese

			the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder
trad. (big膽)		big	膽
simp. (big胆)		big	胆

Etymology

A partial calque into English of 大膽／大胆 (dàdǎn, “bold, daring”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìgedǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ˙ㄍㄜㄉㄢˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìgedǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ˙ㄍㄜㄉㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìge̊dǎn
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-ko⁵-tan³
  - Yale: bì-ge-dǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih.gedaan
  - Palladius: бигэдань (bigɛdanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ g̊ə¹ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Adjective

big膽

(Mainland China, neologism, slang) daring; bold

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