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

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• 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: ㄉㄢˇㄦ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
    • 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

1. timid; cowardly

Synonyms

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• 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)
• 素母 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 細膽 / 细胆 (sai³ daam²) (Cantonese)
• 羞怯 (xiūqiè)
• 膽怯 / 胆怯 (dǎnqiè)
• 膽細 / 胆细 (Hokkien)
• 荏弱 (rěnruò)
• 軟弱 / 软弱 (ruǎnruò)
• 雀囝膽 / 雀囝胆 (Puxian Min)
• 鳥囝膽 / 鸟囝胆 (Puxian Min)
• 鳥膽 / 鸟胆 (Puxian Min)

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)