肝膽
Chinese
| liver | the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (肝膽) | 肝 | 膽 | |
| simp. (肝胆) | 肝 | 胆 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: gāndǎn
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄉㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gandǎn
- Wade–Giles: kan1-tan3
- Yale: gān-dǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gandaan
- Palladius: ганьдань (ganʹdanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kän⁵⁵ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gon1 daam2
- Yale: gōn dáam
- Cantonese Pinyin: gon1 daam2
- Guangdong Romanization: gon1 dam2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɔːn⁵⁵ taːm³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-tám
- Tâi-lô: kan-tám
- Phofsit Daibuun: kandarm
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³ tam⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² tam⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-táⁿ
- Tâi-lô: kan-tánn
- Phofsit Daibuun: kandvar
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² tã⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³ tã⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koaⁿ-táⁿ
- Tâi-lô: kuann-tánn
- Phofsit Daibuun: kvoa'dvar
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ tã⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ tã⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Noun
肝膽
- (literally) liver and gallbladder
- 忘其肝膽，遺其耳目，…… [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE, translation from The Complete Works Of Chuang Tzu (2013), by Burton Watson
- Wàng qí gāndǎn, yí qí ěrmù,...... [Pinyin]
- They forget the liver and gall, cast aside the ears and eyes, [...]
忘其肝胆，遗其耳目，…… [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
- (figurative) openheartedness; sincerity
- (figurative) heroic spirit; courage
- (figurative) intimacy