The invention discloses a cantilever-type piezoelectric diaphragm pump. The cantilever-type piezoelectric diaphragm pump is composed of a vibration excitation unit, a pump cavity body and a flow channel structure. The vibration excitation unit is composed of a pump body, an adjustable pressing mechanism, a piezoelectric vibrator, a vibration transmission piston and a PET diaphragm. The piezoelectric vibrator is composed of a copper substrate and a piezoelectric ceramic piece. Compared with the traditional method of periphery fixing or wave joint supporting of a circular oscillator, the method of cantilever supporting of the rectangular piezoelectric vibrator has the advantages that deflection is large, tail end output amplitude is large, and simple harmonic frequency is low. Meanwhile, the length of a cantilever of the rectangular piezoelectric vibrator is adjustable, and therefore a vibration system has different vibration characteristics so as to meet different requirements for output performance. The adopted PET diaphragm material has the advantages of being good in abrasive resistance, dimensional stability and electrical insulation, nontoxic, impermeable, light in weight and the like, and further has the advantages of being safe and reliable, free of pollution and the like as a pump cavity vibrating diaphragm for conveying chemical and medical liquid. The piezoelectric vibrator is not contacted with the conveyed liquid directly, and therefore the piezoelectric pump can work at high working voltage and is good in output performance.