雀囝膽

Chinese

		sparrow	the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder
trad. (雀囝膽)		雀囝	膽
simp. (雀囝胆)		雀囝	胆

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Xianyou, Pouseng Ping'ing): zia⁵ gyaⁿ³ dorⁿ³

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• Puxian Min
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zia⁵ gyaⁿ³ dorⁿ³ [Phonetic: zia¹ yaⁿ⁵ dorⁿ³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sia²¹⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)ỹã³³²⁻²¹ tɒ̃³³²/

Adjective

雀囝膽

1. (Xianyou Puxian Min) 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)
• 細膽 / 细胆 (sai³ daam²) (Cantonese)
• 羞怯 (xiūqiè)
• 膽小 / 胆小 (dǎnxiǎo)
• 膽怯 / 胆怯 (dǎnqiè)
• 膽細 / 胆细 (Hokkien)
• 荏弱 (rěnruò)
• 軟弱 / 软弱 (ruǎnruò)
• 鳥囝膽 / 鸟囝胆 (Puxian Min)
• 鳥膽 / 鸟胆 (Puxian Min)

 

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “雀囝胆”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 580.