忐忑
taan2 tik1tǎn tè
English
- apprehensive; on edge
- perturbed, nervous, uneasy, fidgety
粵語 — Cantonese
- 心神不寧嘅樣子
Examples
虽然有人来了,但是她还是忐忑不安。
Even though someone came, she still remained uneasy.
Tatoeba · FeuDRenais CC BY
忐忑不安
be very upset; be in fidgets; be in a rather nervous state; be on nettles;
他到家以後,悄悄走上樓,心頭有點兒忐忑地進了睡房。
On his arrival he crept up to his bedroom with somewhat of a palpitating heart .
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk