怯声怯气 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 怯聲怯氣 qièshēngqièqì ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄥ ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄑㄧˋ to speak in a frightened voice that lacks courage (idiom) Character by character 怯(qiè)timid 声(shēng)sound 怯(qiè)timid 气(qì)gas A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0