胆小鬼 meaning and pronunciation

胆小鬼
Simplified word
膽小鬼
Traditional word

胆小鬼 English definition

dǎn xiǎo guǐ
  • coward

HSK level

Characters

  • 胆 (dǎn): gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos);
  • 小 (xiǎo): small; tiny; few; young;
  • 鬼 (guǐ): ghost; demon; terrible; damnable; clever; sly; crafty; sinister plot; (suffix for sb with a certain vice or addiction etc); one of the 28 constellations;