怯 qiè
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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') -
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') -
qiè
adjective
weak
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 虚弱 (Guoyu '怯' adj 2) -
qiè
adjective
miserly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '怯' adj 3)
Contained in
- 露怯 to display one's ignorance; to make a fool of oneself by an ignorant blunder
- 惊怯(驚怯) cowardly and panicking
- 怯志 weak willed
- 瘦怯 weak and timid
- 怯生生 shy
- 怯生 shy
- 怯症 consumption
- 娇怯(嬌怯) cowardly
- 大勇若怯，大智若愚 a great hero may appear timid, the wise may appear stupid
- 怯场(怯場) to have stage fright
- 畏怯 timid
- 大勇若怯 a great hero may appear timid; the really brave person remains level-headed
- 怯懦 timid
- 羞怯 shy; timid
- 怯弱 timid; weak
- 怯声怯气(怯聲怯氣) to speak in a frightened voice that lacks courage
- 胆怯(膽怯) timid; cowardly
- 吾亦怯 frighten even me
- 寒怯 cowardly
- 怯阵(怯陣) scared of battled
- 卑怯 mean and cowardly; abject
- 怯上 scared of superiors
- 怯夫 coward
- 怯子 person with country accent; rustic; country bumpkin
- 临死不怯(臨死不怯) equanimity in the face of death; to face dangers with assurance
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 卷九十九 志第四十七: 兵二 Volume 99 Treatises 52: Military 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 26
- 卷八十八 志第三十八: 百官四 Volume 88 Treatises 41: Official Posts 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 20
- 卷一百二十 列傳第七: 察罕 札八兒火者 朮赤台 鎮海 肖乃台 吾也而 曷思麥里 Volume 120 Biographies 7: Chahan, Zhaba'erhuozhe, Paichitai, Zhenhai, Xiaonaitai, Wuye'er, Hesimaili History of Yuan 元史 — count: 16
- 卷八十九 志第三十九: 百官五 Volume 89 Treatises 42: Official Posts 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 16
- 卷一百 志第四十八: 兵三 Volume 100 Treatises 53: Military 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 15
- 卷九十 志第四十: 百官六 Volume 90 Treatises 43: Official Posts 6 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 15
- 卷一百四十 列傳第二十七: 別兒怯不花 太平 鐵木兒塔識 達識帖睦邇 Volume 140 Biographies 27: Bie'erqiebuhua, Taiping, Tiemuertashi, Dashitiemuer History of Yuan 元史 — count: 14
- 卷一百六十九 列傳第五十六: 賀仁傑 賈昔剌 劉哈剌八都魯 石抹明里 謝仲溫 高觿 張九思 王伯勝 Volume 169 Biographies 56: He Renjie, Jia Xila, Liu Halabadoulu, Shi Momingli, Xie Zhongwen, Gao Xi, Zhang Jiusi, Wang Bosheng History of Yuan 元史 — count: 13
- 卷八十七 志第三十七: 百官三 Volume 87 Treatises 40: Official Posts 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 13
- 卷一百三十八 列傳第二十五: 康里脫脫 燕鐵木兒 伯顏 馬札兒台 脫脫 Volume 138 Biographies 25: Kanglituotuo, El Temür, Bayan, Mazhaertai, Toqto'a History of Yuan 元史 — count: 12
Collocations
- 恇怯 (恇怯) 馥素性恇怯 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十四上 袁紹劉表列傳 Volume 74a: Biographies of Yuan Shao, Liu Biao 1 — count: 15
- 驽怯 (駑怯) 陵雖駑怯 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷五十四 李廣蘇建傳 Volume 54: Li Guang and Su Jian — count: 14
- 勇怯 (勇怯) 故以戰功之事定勇怯 — Guanzi 管子, 明法解第六十七 Chapter 67: Explanation of Wise Edicts — count: 14
- 性怯 (性怯) 然相明性怯 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷一百〇四 載記第四 石勒上 Volume 104 Records 4: Shi Le Part One — count: 6
- 庸怯 (庸怯) 而嗣王庸怯 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷五十六 列傳第五十 侯景 Volume 56: Hou Jing — count: 4
- 怯畏 (怯畏) 嗆啍怯畏于謙讓 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷九十二 列傳第六十二 文苑 Volume 92 Biographies 62: Writers — count: 4
- 懦怯 (懦怯) 羅既懦怯 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷16 道武七王 Volume 16: Emperor Daowu's Seven Princes — count: 4
- 威怯 (威怯) 勇威怯 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷四十八 賈誼傳 Volume 48: Jia Yi — count: 3
- 以为怯 (以為怯) 終以為怯 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《廉頗藺相如列傳》 Biographies of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru — count: 3
- 疑怯 (疑怯) 疑怯旣深 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷六 本紀第六 明帝 Volume 6 Annals 6: Emperor Ming of Southern Qi — count: 3