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[1] guts; bravery; courage; nerve [2] gallbladder [3] inner container (of tire. basketball, etc) [4] [粵]: bulb Default PoS:  Stroke count: 17
Level: 3
Radical: 肉 (#130)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 13927 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 5th Nov 2009 00:52 |
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提心吊膽
tai4 sam1 diu3 daam2 = be scared
大膽狂徒，光天化日之下，竟敢調戲良家婦女
daai6 daam2 kong4 tou4, gwong1 tin1 faa3 jat6 zi1 haa6, ging2 gam2 tiu4 hei3 loeng4 gaa1 fu5 neoi5 = in broad daylight, flirt with a woman from a good home
膽量
daam2 loeng6 = nerve; courage; guts; boldness; spunk
膽怯
daam2 hip3 = timid
膽子
daam2 zi2 = courage; nerve 國
大膽
daai6 daam2 = brave
膽固醇
daam2 gu3 seon4 = cholesterol
壯膽
zong3 daam2 = boost one's courage; embolden
海膽
hoi2 daam2 = sea urchin
燈膽
dang1 daam2 = lamp; electric bulb 粵
菜膽
coi3 daam2 = soft and delicious part of cabbages
龍膽果
lung4 daam2 gwo2 = Indian fig; dragon fruit
夠膽
gau3 daam2 = courage; "man enough" 粵
地膽
dei6 daam2 = an insect with bulging belly; someone who knows an area particularly well
冇膽
mou5 daam2 = gutless; lacking bravery 粵
細膽
sai3 daam2 = cowardice 粵
膽小
daam2 siu2 = cowardice
嚇破膽
haak3 po3 daam2 = horror; horrible
心驚膽跳
sam1 ging1 daam2 tiu3 = very nervous, "butterflies in my stomach"
有膽量
jau5 daam2 loeng6 = courageous
膽汁
daam2 zap1 = bile
膽鹽
daam2 jim4 = bile salts
膽管
daam2 gun2 = bile duct
膽小鬼
daam2 siu2 gwai2 = craven; piker; scaramouch; sook
無膽匪類
mou4 daam2 fei2 leoi6 = chicken; gutless
沙膽
saa1 daam2 = (negative) brave; courageous 粵
膽生毛
daam2 saang1 mou4 = dauntless; audacious (lit., "gall bladder grows hair")
膽大
daam2 daai6 = bold, daring, adventurous
膽粗
daam2 cou1 = bold, daring, adventurous
膽粗粗
daam2 cou1 cou1 = bold, daring, adventurous
膽結石
daam2 git3 sek6 = a gallstone
膽生石
daam2 saang1 sek6 = a gallstone
膽生石症
daam2 saang1 sek6 zing3 = suffering from having gallstones
生人唔生膽
saang1 jan4 m4 saang1 daam2 = to be timid or fearful 粵
慳電膽
haan1 din6 daam2 = energy saving light bulb 粵
放膽
fong3 daam2 = to act boldly and with confidence
鼠膽
syu2 daam2 = cowardly
斗膽
dau2 daam2 = dare to; impudent
色膽
sik1 daam2 = lust; desire for sex
黃膽水
wong4 daam2 seoi2 = bile 粵
膽敢
daam2 gam2 = to dare; to have the audacity to
膽機
daam2 gei1 = a vacuum tube; a tube amp / amplifier 粵
膽石
daam2 sek6 = gall stone, gallstone
慳電燈膽
haan1 din6 dang1 daam2 = energy efficient light bulbs; energy-saving light bulbs 粵
明目張膽
ming4 muk6 zoeng1 daam2 = flagrantly; audaciously; brazenly
冇膽鬼
mou5 daam2 gwai2 = coward 粵
電燈膽
din6 dang1 daam2 = lightbulb; unwelcome person 粵
膽囊
daam2 nong4 = gall bladder
剖肝瀝膽
fau2 gon1 lik6 daam2 = to be frank and sincere; be open-hearted and sincere; be loyal and faithful |
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Showing all 2 examples containing 膽
佢乜嘢都怕，正一個冇膽鬼 粵
He's scared of everything, he's a real coward. [Lit. He what also scared, exactly one [counter] coward. Alternatively (and more simply): 佢乜嘢都怕，真係個冇膽鬼] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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