怯

怯 in English

qiè: timid / cowardly / rustic / Taiwan pr. [que4]

How it used to be written

Small seal script
Small seal script

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

她羞怯地看了一眼那个年轻人。

She glanced shyly at the young man.
汤姆害羞胆怯。

Tom is shy and cowardly.
羞怯的男孩呢喃地说出自己的名字。

The shy boy murmured his name.

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