文膽

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder
trad. (文膽)		文	膽
simp. (文胆)		文	胆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéndǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ daam²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéndǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúndǎn
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-tan³
    • Yale: wén-dǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wendaan
    • Palladius: вэньдань (vɛnʹdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ daam²
    • Yale: màhn dáam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ daam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ dam²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ taːm³⁵/

Noun

文膽

1. person employed to write statements, speeches, letters, etc., for others