Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- qiè
English
- lacking in courage, afraid
- timid
- cowardly
- rustic
- Taiwan pr. [que4]
- timid; nervous; fearful
粵語
- 面對困難嘅抗拒感，令人想逃避
As a component in
Words containing 怯
- 膽怯daam2 hip3
timidity
- 怯懦hip3 no6
timid; cowardly; chicken-hearted
- 怯場hip3 coeng4
to have stage fright
- 怯子hip3 zi2
person with country accent
- 怯意hip3 ji3
timidity; nervousness; sense of apprehension
- 驚怯ging1 hip3
cowardly and panicking
- 露怯lou6 hip3
to display one's ignorance
- 怯弱hip3 joek6
timid
- 畏怯wai3 hip3
timorous
- 怯羞hip3 sau1
see 羞怯[xiu1 qie4]
- 卑怯bei1 hip3
mean and cowardly
- 怯生hip3 sang1
shy
- 心怯sam1 hip3
- 怯生生hip3 sang1 sang1
shy
- 羞怯sau1 hip3
shy
- 懦怯no6 hip3
- 近鄉情怯gan6 hoeng1 cing4 hip3
to look forward to one's return to his hometown while feeling nervous, as he does not know its situation during his long absence
- 大勇若怯daai6 jung5 joek6 hip3
a great hero may appear timid (idiom); the really brave person remains level-headed
- 怯聲怯氣hip3 sing1 hip3 hei3
to speak in a frightened voice that lacks courage (idiom)
- 怯聲怯氣hip3 sing1 hip3 hei3
to speak in a frightened voice that lacks courage (idiom)
- 怯頭怯腦hip3 tau4 hip3 nou5
nervous, scared, stiff and cowardice
- 怯頭怯腦hip3 tau4 hip3 nou5
nervous, scared, stiff and cowardice
- 返鄉情怯faan2 hoeng1 cing4 hip3
- 臨死不怯lam4 sei2 bat1 hip3
equanimity in the face of death