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
alternative forms		靦覥／䩄觍 愐㥏 緬覥／缅觍
anagram		腆靦／腆䩄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miǎntiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁵ tin²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bián-thián

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miǎntiǎn [Phonetic: miántiǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miǎntiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: mien³-tʻien³
    • Yale: myǎn-tyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meantean
    • Palladius: мяньтянь (mjanʹtjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁵ tin²
    • Yale: míhn tín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁵ tin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁵ tin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn¹³ tʰiːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (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

1. shy; bashful

Synonyms

• 忸怩 (niǔní)
• 畏小禮／畏小礼 (Teochew, Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 秘四 (Hokkien)
• 羞澀／羞涩 (xiūsè)
• 覕䟙／𰴕䟙 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 驚無藝／惊无艺 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 害羞 (“to be shy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		害羞
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	害臊, 靦腆
	Taiwan	害羞, 靦腆
	Malaysia	害羞
	Singapore	害羞
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	害臊, 靦腆
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	害羞
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	怕羞, 怕醜
	Wuhan	怕醜, 怕難為情, 難為情
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	怕醜, 怕難為情, 難為情
	Hefei	怕醜, 怕難為情, 難為情
Cantonese	Guangzhou	怕醜
	Hong Kong	怕醜
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	怕醜
	Macau	怕醜
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	怕醜
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	怕醜
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	怕醜
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	怕醜
	Foshan	怕醜
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	怕醜
	Foshan (Shunde)	怕醜
	Foshan (Sanshui)	怕醜
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	怕醜
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	怕醜
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	怕醜
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	怕醜
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	怕醜
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	怕醜
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	怕醜
	Taishan	怕醜
	Kaiping (Chikan)	怕醜
	Enping (Niujiang)	怕醜
	Heshan (Yayao)	怕醜
	Dongguan	怕醜
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	怕醜
	Yangjiang	怕醜
Gan	Nanchang	著羞
Hakka	Meixian	怕羞, 畏羞
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	怕醜
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	畏羞
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	畏羞
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	怕醜
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	怕醜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	驚見笑
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	驚見笑
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	驚見笑
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	驚見笑
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	驚見笑
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	驚見笑
Jin	Taiyuan	害羞
Northern Min	Jian'ou	伓好意思
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	小禮
Southern Min	Xiamen	見笑, 驚見笑, 歹勢, 驚歹勢, 畏小禮, 畏小人, 閉思, 覕䟙
	Quanzhou	見笑, 驚見笑, 歹勢, 驚歹勢, 閉思
	Zhangzhou	見笑, 驚見笑, 䆀勢, 驚䆀勢, 無藝, 驚無藝, 畏小禮, 閉思
	Penang (Hokkien)	歹勢
	Singapore (Hokkien)	歹勢
	Manila (Hokkien)	歹勢
	Chaozhou	小禮
	Shantou	小禮
	Jieyang	小禮, 畏小禮
	Puning	小禮, 畏小禮
	Pontianak (Teochew)	小禮
	Leizhou	細禮
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	驚畏醜
Wu	Shanghai	難為情
	Suzhou	難為情, 怕難為情
	Wenzhou	得人憎
Xiang	Changsha	怕醜
	Shuangfeng	怕醜

Derived terms

• 靦腆溫柔／腼腆温柔