他是个胆小鬼。 他是個膽小鬼。 他是個膽小鬼。

He is afraid of his own shadow.

Simplified

他是个胆小鬼。

Traditional (Taiwan)

他是個膽小鬼。

Pinyin

Tā shì gè dǎnxiǎoguǐ.

Bopomofo

ㄊㄚ ㄕˋ ㄍㄜˋ ㄉㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ。

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

Words in this sentence

• 他(tā)him
• 是(shì)be
• 个(gè)(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
• 胆(dǎn)小(xiǎo)鬼(guǐ)coward

This sentence is from Tatoeba, contributed by asosan, with the English translation by CK. It is used here under CC BY 2.0 FR.

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