提心吊膽

See also: 提心吊胆 and 提心弔膽

Chinese

		to worry; to be anxious	to hang; to suspend	the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder
trad. (提心吊膽/提心弔膽)		提心	吊/弔	膽
simp. (提心吊胆)		提心	吊	胆
Literally: “to carry the heart and hang the gallbladder”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tíxīndiàodǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴ sam¹ diu³ daam²
Min Nan (POJ): thê-sim-tiàu-táⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tíxīndiàodǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tísindiàodǎn
  - Wade–Giles: tʻi²-hsin¹-tiao⁴-tan³
  - Yale: tí-syīn-dyàu-dǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyishindiawdaan
  - Palladius: тисиньдяодань (tisinʹdjaodanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tai⁴ sam¹ diu³ daam²
  - Yale: tàih sām diu dáam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ sam¹ diu³ daam²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴ sem¹ diu³ dam²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ tiːu̯³³ taːm³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thê-sim-tiàu-táⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: thê-sim-tiàu-tánn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tesimdiao'dvar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² ɕim⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² ɕim³³ tiau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tã⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe¹³⁻²² ɕim⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕim⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau¹¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²³⁻³³ ɕim⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau²¹⁻⁴¹ tã⁴¹/

Idiom

提心吊膽

to be on tenterhooks; to be scared or jittery; to be in constant fear

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