胆小鬼
dǎn xiǎo guǐㄉㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
Sino-Vietnamese: ĐẢM TIỂU QUỶ
Traditional: 膽小鬼
HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 7–9
Meaning(noun)
coward
Colloquial, teasing or scornful.
Examples
你真是个胆小鬼！
nǐ zhēn shì gè dǎn xiǎo guǐ!
You're such a coward!
我不想被别人叫胆小鬼。
wǒ bù xiǎng bèi bié rén jiào dǎn xiǎo guǐ.
I don't want to be called a chicken.
胆小鬼，快过来，这里不危险。
dǎn xiǎo guǐ, kuài guò lái, zhè lǐ bù wēi xiǎn.
Come over here, scaredy-cat; it's not dangerous.
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Stroke order
ĐẢM · 9 strokes
gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)
TIỂU · 3 strokes
small; tiny; few; young
QUỶ · 9 strokes
disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy