膽子

See also: 胆子

Chinese

		the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (膽子)		膽	子
simp. (胆子)		胆	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎnzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daam² zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎnzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎnzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tan³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: dǎn-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daan.tzy
    • Palladius: даньцзы (danʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daam² zi²
    • Yale: dáam jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daam² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dam² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːm³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

膽子

1. courage; nerve

   這四種職業很危險，膽子小的人，根本幹不了。 [MSC, trad.]
   这四种职业很危险，胆子小的人，根本干不了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè sì zhǒng zhíyè hěn wēixiǎn, dǎnzǐ xiǎo de rén, gēnběn gàn bù liǎo. [Pinyin]

   These four occupations are very dangerous and not for the faint-hearted.

Synonyms

• 勇氣／勇气 (yǒngqì)
• 種／种 (colloquial)
• 腰子 (yāozi) (colloquial, figurative)
• 膽／胆 (dǎn) (figurative)
• 膽量／胆量 (dǎnliàng)
• 膽頭／胆头 (Hokkien)