怯 qiè

1. qiè verb to be afraid
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 畏怯 (CC-CEDICT '怯'; Guoyu '怯' v 1; Mathews 1931 '怯',p. 110; Unihan '怯')
2. qiè adjective timid; cowardly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 娇怯 (CC-CEDICT '怯'; Guoyu '怯' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '怯',p. 367; Mathews 1931 '怯', p. 110; Unihan '怯')
3. qiè adjective weak
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 虚弱 (Guoyu '怯' adj 2)
4. qiè adjective miserly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '怯' adj 3)
5. qiè verb cowering; saṃkoca
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: saṃkoca, Japanese: kyo, Tibetan: bskum pa'am zhum pa (BCSD '怯', p. 477; Mahāvyutpatti 'saṃkocaḥ'; MW 'saṃkoca'; Unihan '怯')

Contained in

• 毘舍怯 Visakha
• 一切无怯弱法(一切無怯弱法) unafraid of anything

Also contained in

怯志 、 畏怯 、 娇怯 、 瘦怯 、 怯子 、 怯场 、 胆怯 、 大勇若怯 、 羞怯 、 吾亦怯 、 临死不怯 、 大勇若怯，大智若愚 、 怯懦 、 寒怯 、 怯生 、 怯阵 、 怯生生 、 怯上 、 怯夫 、 露怯 、 惊怯 、 怯声怯气 、 怯症 、 怯弱 、 卑怯

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 3: How to Make Daily Improvements - The Spirit of a Bodhisattva 卷三 如何日日增上 菩薩的精神 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 3 - Dwelling Peacefully in Body and Mind 《星雲法語3－身心的安住》 — count: 3
• Scroll 2: Places - Confronting the Realm of Objects 卷二 處眾 面臨境界 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 9 - The Significance of Sticking out your Chest 《星雲法語9－挺胸的意味》 — count: 3
• Text - Encouragement for Bodhicitta Text 文 ■勸發菩提心文 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 2
• The Human Warmth of Humanistic Buddhism - 1 人間佛教的人情味 之一 Buddhism Series 10 - Humanistic Buddhism 《佛教叢書10－人間佛教》 — count: 2
• Me and Friends in the Worlds of Arts and Literature 我與藝文界的朋友們 Buddhist Affinities over a Century 6 - Culture and Education 2 《百年佛緣6－文教篇2》 — count: 2
• Shi Poetry - Seven Syllable 詩 ■七言 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 1
• Shi Poetry - Pentasyllabic 詩 ■五言 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 1
• Volume 4: Buddhist History - Class 1: Establishment of the Monastic Community 第四冊　佛教史 第一課　僧團的成立 Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》 — count: 1
• The Buddha's Manner 佛陀的樣子 Humanistic Buddhism Series 10 - Humanistic Buddhism Series 10 - Religion and Experience 《人間佛教系列10－宗教與體驗》 — count: 1
• Incense Burns to make Charcoal (Prajna) 燒香作炭(般若) Buddhism Series 3 - The Buddha 《佛教叢書3－佛陀》 — count: 1

Collocations

• 退怯 (退怯) 不生退怯 — Hsing Yun Dharma Words 3 - Dwelling Peacefully in Body and Mind 《星雲法語3－身心的安住》, Scroll 3: How to Make Daily Improvements - The Spirit of a Bodhisattva 卷三 如何日日增上 菩薩的精神 — count: 10
• 终怯 (終怯) 危花終怯下輕霜 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, The unattainable dharma - Part 22 [Lecture] 菩提性空得果無住分第二十二 【講話】 — count: 4
• 怯步 (怯步) 也就對佛教怯步了 — Humanistic Buddhism Series 5 - The Human World and Practice 《人間佛教系列5－人間與實踐》, The Hope of Today's Buddhism 今日佛教的希望 — count: 3
• 胆力怯 (膽力怯) 則智慧頓而膽力怯 — Hsing Yun Diary (1991/5-1992/12) 《星雲日記(1991/5~1992/12)》, Hsing Yun Diary 18 - Find Your Heart Again: Develop Broad and Good Affinity With Others 星雲日記18～把心找回來 廣結善緣(1992/8/16～1992/8/31) — count: 2
• 怯怯 (怯怯) 小君怯怯地回答 — Buddhism Series 10 - Humanistic Buddhism 《佛教叢書10－人間佛教》, The Human Warmth of Humanistic Buddhism - 1 人間佛教的人情味 之一 — count: 2