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

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• 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

1. 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