big膽

Chinese

			the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder
trad. (big膽)		big	膽
simp. (big胆)		big	胆

Etymology

A partial calque into English of 大膽／大胆 (dàdǎn, “bold, daring”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìgedǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄉㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìgedǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄉㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìge̊dǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-ko⁵-tan³
    • Yale: bì-ge-dǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih.gedaan
    • Palladius: бигэдань (bigɛdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ g̊ə¹ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Adjective

big膽

1. (Mainland China, neologism, slang) daring; bold