提心吊膽
Chinese
to worry; to be anxious | to hang; to suspend | the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder | ||
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trad. (提心吊膽/提心弔膽) | 提心 | 吊/弔 | 膽 | |
simp. (提心吊胆) | 提心 | 吊 | 胆 | |
Literally: “to carry the heart and hang the gallbladder”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tísindiàodǎn
- Wade–Giles: tʻi2-hsin1-tiao4-tan3
- Yale: tí-syīn-dyàu-dǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyishindiawdaan
- Palladius: тисиньдяодань (tisinʹdjaodanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tai4 sam1 diu3 daam2
- Yale: tàih sām diu dáam
- Cantonese Pinyin: tai4 sam1 diu3 daam2
- Guangdong Romanization: tei4 sem1 diu3 dam2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ tiːu̯³³ taːm³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 提心吊膽