壯膽

See also: 壮胆

Chinese

		to strengthen; strong; robust	the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder
trad. (壯膽)		壯	膽
simp. (壮胆)		壮	胆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuàngdǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄉㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zong³ daam²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chong-tám
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chòng-táⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuàngdǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄉㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuàngdǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chuang⁴-tan³
    • Yale: jwàng-dǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juanqdaan
    • Palladius: чжуандань (čžuandanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zong³ daam²
    • Yale: jong dáam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzong³ daam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zong³ dam²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːŋ³³ taːm³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chong-tám
    • Hakka Romanization System: zong dam^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zong⁴ dam³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡soŋ⁵⁵ tam³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòng-táⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsòng-tánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zorngdvar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tã⁴¹/

Verb

壯膽

1. to embolden

   酒壯㞞人膽兒／酒壮𪨊人胆儿  ―  jiǔ zhuàng sóng rén dǎnr  ―  Alcohol emboldens a coward.

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 脹膽／胀胆