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胆

dǎn

HSK 5 Character Traditional 膽

What 胆 means

1. gall bladder
2. courage
3. guts
4. gall
5. inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)

Example sentences

• 她胆小。
  She is cowardly.
• 你胆子很大。
  Nǐ dǎnzi hěn dà.
  You've got a lot of guts.
• 他是个胆小鬼。
  Tā shì gè dǎnxiǎoguǐ.
  He is afraid of his own shadow.
• 汤姆害羞胆怯。
  Tom is shy and cowardly.
• 汤姆是胆小鬼。
  Tom is a coward.
• 你就是胆小鬼。
  You're just a coward.

Words starting with 胆

• 胆小鬼dǎn xiǎo guǐcoward
• 胆怯dǎn qiètimidity; timid; cowardly
• 胆子dǎn zicourage; nerve; guts
• 胆小dǎn xiǎocowardice; timid
• 胆量dǎn liàngcourage; boldness; guts
• 胆大dǎn dàdaring; bold; audacious
• 胆战心惊dǎn zhàn xīn jīngto tremble with fear (idiom); scared witless
• 胆固醇dǎn gù chúncholesterol
• 胆敢dǎn gǎnto dare (negative connotation); to have the audacity to (do sth)
• 胆识dǎn shícourage and insight
• 胆寒dǎn hánto fear; to be terrified
• 胆大妄为dǎn dà wàng wéidaring; presumptuous; daredevil
• 胆力dǎn lìcourage; bravery
• 胆战dǎn zhànto tremble with fear
• 胆气dǎn qìcourageous; bold
• 胆略dǎn lüècourage and resource
• 胆石dǎn shígallstone
• 胆破dǎn pòto be frightened to death
• 胆管dǎn guǎnbile duct
• 胆肥dǎn féi(colloquial) bold; brazen; to have a lot of nerve
• 胆道dǎn dàobile duct
• 胆石症dǎn shí zhènggallstone
• 胆红素dǎn hóng sùbilirubin
• 胆结石dǎn jié shígallstone

Words containing 胆

• 大胆dà dǎnbrazen; audacious; outrageous
• 提心吊胆tí xīn diào dǎn(idiom) nervous; fearful; on edge
• 明目张胆míng mù zhāng dǎnopenly and without fear; brazenly
• 壮胆zhuàng dǎnto get one’s courage up; to embolden
• 斗胆dǒu dǎn(courteous) to be so bold as to
• 心惊胆战xīn jīng dǎn zhànlit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom); prostrate with fear; scared witless
• 卧薪尝胆wò xīn cháng dǎn(lit.) to sleep on brushwood and taste gall…
• 海胆hǎi dǎn(zoology) sea urchin
• 内胆nèi dǎninner container…
• 丧胆sàng dǎnpanic-stricken; scared out of one's wits
• 孤胆gū dǎnsolitary hero; maverick
• 心胆xīn dǎncourage
• 放胆fàng dǎnto act boldly
• 独胆dú dǎnindividually courageous
• 瓶胆píng dǎnthe vacuum bottle within the outer case of a thermos
• 破胆pò dǎnto be scared stiff
• 色胆sè dǎnboldness in pursuing one's sexual urges
• 苦胆kǔ dǎngallbladder
• 鼠胆shǔ dǎncowardly
• 龙胆lóng dǎnrough gentian; Japanese gentian (Gentiana scabra)
• 吓破胆xià pò dǎnto be scared out of one's wits; to scare stiff
• 有胆量yǒu dǎn liàngcourageous
• 壮起胆子zhuàng qǐ dǎn zito proceed with sth even though scared; to put on a brave face
• 孤胆英雄gū dǎn yīng xióngsolitary hero; maverick

Characters built on 月

These share the phonetic component 月 (yuè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 肝gānliver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing…
• 腕wànwrist; (squid, starfish etc) arm
• 胺àn(chemistry) amine; colloquial pr. ān; Taiwan pr. ān
• 膳shànmeals
• 胭yānrouge
• 腩nǎnbrisket; belly beef; spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs
• 潸shāntearfully
• 膻shān(old) a flock of sheep or goats; variant of 膻

Characters that look like 胆

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

• 担dānto undertake; to carry; to shoulder
• 胜shèngvictory; success; to beat
• 肮āngused in 肮脏
• 脓nóngpus
• 胫jìnglower part of leg
• 朊ruǎnprotein

Sounds the same

Read dǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 掸to brush away; to dust off; brush
• 抌(archaic) to strike forcefully; to stab; Taiwan pr. zhěn
• 亶sincere
• 撢to dust
• 𬘘silk fringe of a coronet
• 赕(old barbarian dialects) to pay a fine in atonement; river; Taiwan pr. tàn
• 疸jaundice