膽小如鼠
Chinese
timid; cowardly | as (if); such as | rat; mouse | ||
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trad. (膽小如鼠) | 膽小 | 如 | 鼠 | |
simp. (胆小如鼠) | 胆小 | 如 | 鼠 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dǎnsiǎorúshǔ
- Wade–Giles: tan3-hsiao3-ju2-shu3
- Yale: dǎn-syǎu-rú-shǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daansheaurushuu
- Palladius: даньсяожушу (danʹsjaožušu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daam2 siu2 jyu4 syu2
- Yale: dáam síu yùh syú
- Cantonese Pinyin: daam2 siu2 jy4 sy2
- Guangdong Romanization: dam2 xiu2 yu4 xu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːm³⁵ siːu̯³⁵ jyː²¹ syː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 膽小如鼠
- as timid as a mouse; very timid