MEANING/意义
    怯
      
  • qiè
      
    sound for pinyin
      
      
    timid; vulgar; cowardly; ignorant; having poor taste; (dialect)  shallow; (of accent, derogatory)  rustic
    Type adjective/形容词  
        
EXAMPLES/列句
  • 他胆怯了。
      
      
    tā dǎn qiè le
      
    sound for pinyin
    His courage failed. He got cold-feet.

  • 他不胆怯了。
      
      
    tā bù dǎn qiè le
      
    sound for pinyin
    He is no longer timid.
COMBINATIONS/组合
  • 怯场
      
    qiè chǎng
      
    sound for pinyin
    to have stage fright

  • 怯懦
      
    qiè nuò
      
    sound for pinyin
    timid and overcautious

  • 胆怯
      
    dǎn qiè
      
    sound for pinyin
    timid; cowardly

  • 胆怯
      
    dǎn qiè
      
    sound for pinyin
    timid; cowardly

  • 露怯
      
    lòu qiè
      
    sound for pinyin
    make a fool of oneself on account of one's ignorance

  • 畏怯
      
    wèi qiè
      
    sound for pinyin
    timid; cowardly

  • 羞怯
      
    xiū qiè
      
    sound for pinyin
    shy; timid

  • 尢怯
      
    wāng qiè
      
    sound for pinyin
    cowardly
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