靦腆

See also: 腼腆

Chinese

		bashful	make strong (as liquors); virtuous
trad. (靦腆/腼腆)		靦/腼	腆
simp. (腼腆)		腼	腆
variant forms		靦覥／䩄觍‎ 愐㥏緬覥／缅覥

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miǎntiǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁵ tin²
Min Nan (POJ): bián-thián

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: miǎntiǎn [Phonetic: miántiǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meantean
  - IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: min⁵ tin²
  - Yale: míhn tín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: min⁵ tin²
  - Guangdong Romanization: min⁵ tin²
  - IPA ^(key): /miːn¹³ tʰiːn³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bián-thián
  - Tâi-lô: bián-thián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biefntiern
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /biɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɛn⁵³/

Adjective

靦腆

shy; bashful

Synonyms

忸怩 (niǔní)
怕羞 (pàxiū)
怕醜／怕丑 (Cantonese)
畏小禮／畏小礼 (Min Nan)

秘四 (Min Nan)
羞澀／羞涩 (xiūsè)
覕䟙 (Min Nan)
驚無藝／惊无艺 (Min Nan)

Derived terms

靦腆溫柔／腼腆温柔

Related terms

害羞 (hàixiū)

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