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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

怯qiè

timid / cowardly / rustic / Taiwan pr. [què]

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怯场qiè chǎng

to have stage fright

怯懦qiè nuò

timid / cowardly / chicken-hearted

胆怯dǎn qiè

timidity / timid / cowardly

羞怯xiū qiè

shy / timid

怯子qiè zi

person with country accent / rustic / country bumpkin

怯弱qiè ruò

timid / weak

怯意qiè yì

timidity / nervousness / sense of apprehension

怯生qiè shēng

shy

怯生生qiè shēng shēng

shy

怯羞qiè xiū

see 羞怯[xiū qiè]

怯声怯气qiè shēng qiè qì

to speak in a frightened voice that lacks courage (idiom)

卑怯bēi qiè

mean and cowardly / abject

大勇若怯dà yǒng ruò qiè

a great hero may appear timid (idiom) / the really brave person remains level-headed

大勇若怯,大智若愚dà yǒng ruò qiè , dà zhì ruò yú

a great hero may appear timid, the wise may appear stupid (idiom) / the general public may not recognize great talent

畏怯wèi qiè

timorous / nervous

临死不怯lín sǐ bù qiè

equanimity in the face of death / to face dangers with assurance

露怯lòu qiè

to display one's ignorance / to make a fool of oneself by an ignorant blunder

惊怯jīng qiè

cowardly and panicking

Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27
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