"提心吊膽" meaning in All languages combined

See 提心吊膽 on Wiktionary

Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /tʰi³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /tʰɐi̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ tiːu̯³³ taːm³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰe²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /tʰe²⁴⁻²² sim³³ tiau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tã⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /tʰe¹³⁻²² sim⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau¹¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /tʰe²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau²¹⁻⁴¹ tã⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /tʰi³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /tʰɐi̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ tiːu̯³³ taːm³⁵/, /tʰe²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/, /tʰe²⁴⁻²² sim³³ tiau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tã⁵⁵⁴/, /tʰe¹³⁻²² sim⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/, /tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau¹¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/, /tʰe²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau²¹⁻⁴¹ tã⁴¹/ Chinese transliterations: tíxīndiàodǎn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄊㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄢˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], tai⁴ sam¹ diu³ daam² [Cantonese, Jyutping], thê-sim-tiàu-táⁿ, tíxīndiàodǎn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], tísindiàodǎn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tʻi²-hsin¹-tiao⁴-tan³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], tí-syīn-dyàu-dǎn [Mandarin, Yale], tyishindiawdaan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], тисиньдяодань [Mandarin, Palladius], tisinʹdjaodanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], tàih sām diu dáam [Cantonese, Yale], tai⁴ sam¹ diu³ daam² [Cantonese, Pinyin], tei⁴ sem¹ diu³ dam² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], thê-sim-tiàu-táⁿ [Hokkien, POJ], thê-sim-tiàu-tánn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], tesimdiao'dvar [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 提心吊胆, 提心弔膽
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 提心吊膽
  1. to be on tenterhooks; to be scared or jittery; to be in constant fear Tags: idiomatic
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      "raw_tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "提心弔膽",
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      "args": {
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to carry the heart and hang the gallbladder",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hokkien chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be on tenterhooks; to be scared or jittery; to be in constant fear"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "on tenterhooks",
          "on tenterhooks"
        ],
        [
          "scared",
          "scared"
        ],
        [
          "jittery",
          "jittery"
        ],
        [
          "constant",
          "constant"
        ],
        [
          "fear",
          "fear"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tíxīndiàodǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tai⁴ sam¹ diu³ daam²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "thê-sim-tiàu-táⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tíxīndiàodǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tísindiàodǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tʻi²-hsin¹-tiao⁴-tan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tí-syīn-dyàu-dǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tyishindiawdaan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "тисиньдяодань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tisinʹdjaodanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tàih sām diu dáam"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tai⁴ sam¹ diu³ daam²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tei⁴ sem¹ diu³ dam²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɐi̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ tiːu̯³³ taːm³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thê-sim-tiàu-táⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thê-sim-tiàu-tánn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tesimdiao'dvar"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe²⁴⁻²² sim³³ tiau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tã⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe¹³⁻²² sim⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau¹¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau²¹⁻⁴¹ tã⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɐi̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ tiːu̯³³ taːm³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe²⁴⁻²² sim³³ tiau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tã⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe¹³⁻²² sim⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau¹¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau²¹⁻⁴¹ tã⁴¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "提心吊膽"
}
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    {
      "form": "提心吊胆",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "提心弔膽",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "提心吊膽",
      "name": "head"
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to carry the heart and hang the gallbladder",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Advanced Mandarin",
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 吊",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 心",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 提",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 膽",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien chengyu",
        "Hokkien idioms",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be on tenterhooks; to be scared or jittery; to be in constant fear"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "on tenterhooks",
          "on tenterhooks"
        ],
        [
          "scared",
          "scared"
        ],
        [
          "jittery",
          "jittery"
        ],
        [
          "constant",
          "constant"
        ],
        [
          "fear",
          "fear"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tíxīndiàodǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tai⁴ sam¹ diu³ daam²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "thê-sim-tiàu-táⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tíxīndiàodǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tísindiàodǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tʻi²-hsin¹-tiao⁴-tan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tí-syīn-dyàu-dǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tyishindiawdaan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "тисиньдяодань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tisinʹdjaodanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tàih sām diu dáam"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tai⁴ sam¹ diu³ daam²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tei⁴ sem¹ diu³ dam²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɐi̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ tiːu̯³³ taːm³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thê-sim-tiàu-táⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thê-sim-tiàu-tánn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tesimdiao'dvar"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe²⁴⁻²² sim³³ tiau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tã⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe¹³⁻²² sim⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau¹¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau²¹⁻⁴¹ tã⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɐi̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ tiːu̯³³ taːm³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe²⁴⁻²² sim³³ tiau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tã⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe¹³⁻²² sim⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau¹¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau²¹⁻⁴¹ tã⁴¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "提心吊膽"
}

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