"提心吊膽" meaning in 漢語

See 提心吊膽 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /tʰi³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰɐi̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ tiːu̯³³ taːm³⁵/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA], /tʰe²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴⁻²² ti̯au̯²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /tʰe²⁴⁻²² sim³³ ti̯au̯⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tã⁵⁵⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /tʰe¹³⁻²² sim⁴⁴⁻²² ti̯au̯²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ ti̯au̯¹¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taibei], /tʰe²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ ti̯au̯²¹⁻⁴¹ tã⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung] Forms: 提心弔膽 [Standard-Chinese, Traditional-Chinese], 提心吊胆 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 形容心理上、精神上擔憂恐懼,無法平靜下來
    Sense id: zh-提心吊膽-zh-phrase-Yy47jATf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「吊」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「心」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「提」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「膽」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "泉漳話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "泉漳話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語水平考試丁級詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "提心弔膽",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "提心吊胆",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "提著心臟,懸吊膽囊",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "形容心理上、精神上擔憂恐懼,無法平靜下來"
      ],
      "id": "zh-提心吊膽-zh-phrase-Yy47jATf"
    }
  ],
  "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"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thê-sim-tiàu-táⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tíxīndiàodǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tísindiàodǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tʻi²-hsin¹-tiao⁴-tan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tí-syīn-dyàu-dǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tyishindiawdaan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tisinʹdjaodanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "тисиньдяодань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tai⁴ sam¹ diu³ daam²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tàih sām diu dáam"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tai⁴ sam¹ diu³ daam²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tei⁴ sem¹ diu³ dam²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɐi̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ tiːu̯³³ taːm³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thê-sim-tiàu-táⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thê-sim-tiàu-tánn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tesimdiao'dvar"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴⁻²² ti̯au̯²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe²⁴⁻²² sim³³ ti̯au̯⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tã⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe¹³⁻²² sim⁴⁴⁻²² ti̯au̯²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ ti̯au̯¹¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ ti̯au̯²¹⁻⁴¹ tã⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "提心吊膽"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「吊」的漢語詞",
    "帶「心」的漢語詞",
    "帶「提」的漢語詞",
    "帶「膽」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "泉漳話成語",
    "泉漳話詞元",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語水平考試丁級詞",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "提心弔膽",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "提心吊胆",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "提著心臟,懸吊膽囊",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "形容心理上、精神上擔憂恐懼,無法平靜下來"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thê-sim-tiàu-táⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tíxīndiàodǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tísindiàodǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tʻi²-hsin¹-tiao⁴-tan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tí-syīn-dyàu-dǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tyishindiawdaan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tisinʹdjaodanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "тисиньдяодань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tai⁴ sam¹ diu³ daam²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tàih sām diu dáam"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tai⁴ sam¹ diu³ daam²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tei⁴ sem¹ diu³ dam²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɐi̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ tiːu̯³³ taːm³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thê-sim-tiàu-táⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thê-sim-tiàu-tánn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tesimdiao'dvar"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴⁻²² ti̯au̯²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe²⁴⁻²² sim³³ ti̯au̯⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tã⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe¹³⁻²² sim⁴⁴⁻²² ti̯au̯²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ ti̯au̯¹¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ ti̯au̯²¹⁻⁴¹ tã⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "提心吊膽"
}

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