WordTaiwan frequency #28,895
膽小鬼
ㄉㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
“coward; timid person; a term of reproach for someone lacking courage”
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膽
ㄉㄢˇ
Gall bladder; courage or guts; the inner part of something that holds liquid or air.
小
ㄒㄧㄠˇ
Small; tiny; few; young; junior; humble self-reference; to belittle; bad person; child; concubine.
鬼
ㄍㄨㄟˇ
Ghost or spirit of a dead person; devil; a person with a bad habit or vice; sly or crafty; a name for one of the ancient Chinese constellations.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 小時ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊhour; a unit of time equal to 60 minutes; (archaic or literary) childhood, early years
- 小孩child; young kid; offspring; one's own children
- 國小ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇelementary school (Taiwan)
- 小說ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄛa fictional prose narrative of book length; a novel; fiction; a literary work with plot, characters, and theme
- 小姐ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˇyoung lady; miss; a polite address for a young woman; (dated or slang) prostitute; (historical) daughter of a wealthy family; (Taiwan) wife; beauty pageant titleholder
- 小朋友ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇchild; kid; used by adults to address a child; in Taiwan, often refers to one's own child.
- 小心ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄣto be careful; to take care; to exercise caution; to be cautious
- 從小ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇfrom childhood; from a young age; since one was young
- 小組ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄗㄨˇa small group; a team; a working unit composed of a few people.
- 大小ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇsize; dimensions; large and small; adults and children; important and unimportant matters; at any rate
- 小小ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇvery small; tiny; very few; minor; young (in age); slightly; a little
- 小學ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊelementary school; primary school; in classical Chinese studies, the study of characters, phonetics, and exegesis; in Song dynasty usage, minor rites of etiquette; minor or trivial learning.