胆 怯

dǎnqiè

adjectiveHSK 7-9

“Timidity” in Chinese is 胆怯 (dǎnqiè).

Meaning

timidity
timid
cowardly

Example

汤姆害羞胆怯。

Tom is shy and cowardly.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

dǎnHSK 59 strokesgall bladder qièHSK 7-98 strokestimid

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