qiè

  1. qiè verb to be afraid
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 畏怯 (CC-CEDICT '怯'; Guoyu '怯' v 1; Mathews 1931 '怯',p. 110; Unihan '怯')
  2. qiè adjective timid; cowardly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 娇怯 (CC-CEDICT '怯'; Guoyu '怯' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '怯',p. 367; Mathews 1931 '怯', p. 110; Unihan '怯')
  3. qiè adjective weak
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 虚弱 (Guoyu '怯' adj 2)
  4. qiè adjective miserly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '怯' adj 3)

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