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怯

qiè

HSK 6 Character

What 怯 means

1. timid
2. cowardly
3. rustic
4. Taiwan pr. què

Example sentences

• 汤姆害羞胆怯。
  Tom is shy and cowardly.
• 她羞怯地看了一眼那个年轻人。
  Tā xiūqiè de kàn le yīyǎn nàge niánqīngrén.
  She glanced shyly at the young man.
• 羞怯的男孩呢喃地说出自己的名字。
  The shy boy murmured his name.

Words starting with 怯

• 怯生生qiè shēng shēngshy
• 怯懦qiè nuòtimid; cowardly; chicken-hearted
• 怯场qiè chǎngto have stage fright
• 怯子qiè ziperson with country accent; rustic; country bumpkin
• 怯弱qiè ruòtimid; weak
• 怯意qiè yìtimidity; nervousness; sense of apprehension
• 怯生qiè shēngshy
• 怯声怯气qiè shēng qiè qìto speak in a frightened voice that lacks courage (idiom)
• 怯羞qiè xiūsee 羞怯

Words containing 怯

• 胆怯dǎn qiètimidity; timid; cowardly
• 羞怯xiū qièshy; timid
• 卑怯bēi qièmean and cowardly; abject
• 畏怯wèi qiètimorous; nervous
• 露怯lòu qièto display one's ignorance; to make a fool of oneself by an ignorant blunder
• 惊怯jīng qiècowardly and panicking
• 大勇若怯dà yǒng ruò qièa great hero may appear timid (idiom); the really brave person remains level-headed
• 临死不怯lín sǐ bù qièequanimity in the face of death; to face dangers with assurance
• 大勇若怯，大智若愚dà yǒng ruò qiè , dà zhì ruò yúa great hero may appear timid, the wise may appear stupid (idiom)…

Characters that look like 怯

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 快kuàirapid; quick; speed
• 挂guàto hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead
• 佬lǎomale; man (Cantonese)
• 恬tiánquiet; calm; tranquil
• 怅chàngregretful; upset; despairing; depressed
• 佶jídifficult to pronounce

Sounds the same

Read qiè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 切definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!…
• 窃to steal; secretly; (humble) I
• 锲to cut; to carve; to engrave
• 妾concubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
• 砌used in 砌末
• 惬(literary) satisfied; content
• 挈to raise; to lift; to take along (e.g. one's family)
• 箧chest; box; trunk
• 帹man's headband (arch.)
• 朅to leave; to abandon
• 踥to walk with small steps
• 趄to slant; to incline