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胆怯

dǎn qiè

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 膽怯

胆怯 (dǎn qiè) means "timidity; timid; cowardly". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 胆怯 means

1. timidity
2. timid
3. cowardly

The characters in 胆怯

• 胆dǎngall bladder; courage; guts
• 怯qiètimid; cowardly; rustic

Example sentences

• 汤姆害羞胆怯。
  Tom is shy and cowardly.

Where 胆怯 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · dài–tán (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dǎn qiè correctly.
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