胆子 meaning in English

dǎnzi

courage; nerve

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 膽子12 strokes

Meaning of 胆子

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dǎnzi
  1. courage
  2. nerve
  3. guts

胆子 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ胆dǎn子zi很hěn大dà。
You've got a lot of guts.
虽suī然rán我wǒ很hěn想xiǎng知zhī道dào他tā的de名míng字zì,只zhǐ是shì我wǒ的de胆dǎn子zi太tài小xiǎo了le,不bù敢gǎn去qù问wèn。
Even though I really want to know his name, I don't have enough courage, and I'm afraid to go ask.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

胆 dǎn · gall bladder · 9 strokes

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  9. 9

子 zi · noun suffix · 3 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3

Related words

Words that share a character with 胆子.

孩子háizichild
儿子érzison
房子fángzihouse; building (single- or two-story)
桌子zhuōzitable; desk
杯子bēizicup; glass
包子bāozibaozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun)
本子běnzibook; notebook
样子yàngziappearance; manner
日子rìziday; a (calendar) date
椅子yǐzichair
瓶子píngzibottle
例子lìzicase; (for) instance

Questions about 胆子

What does 胆子 mean?

胆子 (dǎnzi) means "courage; nerve" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 胆子?

胆子 is made of 2 characters: 胆 (9 strokes), 子 (3 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 胆子 an HSK word?

Yes. 胆子 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 胆子 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 胆子 is written 膽子.