胆

Gall bladder in Chinese: 胆 (dǎn)

dǎn

gall bladder

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 膽1 example sentence

Definitions

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

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胆

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄢˇ

dǎn

ㄉ/ dㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

胆

Simplified

膽

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他这个人很有胆，什么都敢做。

    tā zhè ge rén hěn yǒu dǎn， shén me dōu gǎn zuò。

    He's a gutsy guy; he dares to do anything.

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Related words

大胆

dà dǎn

brazen

胆小

dǎn xiǎo

cowardice

胆怯

dǎn qiè

timidity

胆子

dǎn zi

courage

壮胆

zhuàng dǎn

to get one’s courage up

胆小鬼

dǎn xiǎo guǐ

coward

提心吊胆

tí xīn diào dǎn

(saying) to be very scared and on edge

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