膽 (daam2 | dan3) : guts

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膽

daam2

dan3

[1] guts; bravery; courage; nerve
[2] gallbladder
[3] inner container (of tire. basketball, etc)
[4] [粵]: bulb

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Stroke count: 17

Level: 3

Radical: 肉 (#130)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

膽 / 胆

This word has been viewed 14935 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 ti2 xin1 diao4 dan3 = 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 dan3 liang4 = nerve; courage; guts; boldness; spunk

膽怯 daam2 hip3 dan3 qie4 = timid

膽子 daam2 zi2 dan3 zi5 = courage; nerve 國

大膽 daai6 daam2 da4 dan3 = brave

膽固醇 daam2 gu3 seon4 dan3 gu4 chun2 = cholesterol

壯膽 zong3 daam2 = boost one's courage; embolden

海膽 hoi2 daam2 = sea urchin

燈膽 dang1 daam2 deng1 dan3 = lamp; electric bulb 粵
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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]

放膽一腳𨂾過坺泥湴粵
Don't worry, just jump over the puddle of mud.

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Decimal representation of this word: 膽
Unicode code for this character: U+81bd (off-site link)

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