虛弱

See also: 虚弱

Chinese

		devoid of content; void; false devoid of content; void; false; empty; vain	weak; feeble; young weak; feeble; young; inferior
trad. (虛弱)		虛	弱
simp. (虚弱)		虚	弱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xūruò

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ ㄖㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi¹ joek⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hi-jio̍k / hir-lio̍k / hu-lio̍k / hi-lio̍k / hi-jia̍k / hu-jio̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xūruò
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuruò
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹-jo⁴
    • Yale: syū-rwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuruoh
    • Palladius: сюйжо (sjujžo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: heoi¹ joek⁶
    • Yale: hēui yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoey¹ joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêu¹ yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯⁵⁵ jœːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi-jio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: hi-jio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hijiok
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ ziɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hir-lio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: hir-lio̍k
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɯ³³ liɔk̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu-lio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: hu-lio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huliok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁴⁴⁻²² liɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi-lio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: hi-lio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiliok
    • IPA (Taipei): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi-jia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: hi-jia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hijiak
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ziak̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu-jio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: hu-jio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hujiok
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴⁴⁻³³ ziɔk̚⁴/

Adjective

虛弱

1. weak; feeble; frail

Synonyms

• 單薄／单薄 (dānbó)
• 孤單／孤单 (gūdān)
• 孱弱 (chánruò) (literary)
• 弱 (ruò)
• 微弱 (wēiruò)
• 柔弱 (róuruò)
• 瘦弱 (shòuruò)
• 瘦瘠 (shòují)
• 羸弱 (léiruò)
• 脆弱 (cuìruò)
• 荏弱 (Hokkien)
• 薄弱 (bóruò)
• 虛荏／虚荏 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 虛虧／虚亏 (xūkuī)
• 虧弱／亏弱 (kuīruò)
• 衰弱 (shuāiruò)
• 軟弱／软弱 (ruǎnruò)
• 軟䭕／软𬲕 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 雌 (cí) (literary)
• 體弱／体弱 (tǐruò)

 

Antonyms

• 堅強／坚强 (jiānqiáng)
• 堅毅／坚毅 (jiānyì)
• 強健／强健 (qiángjiàn)
• 茁壯／茁壮 (zhuózhuàng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
虛	弱
きょ Jinmeiyō	じゃく Grade: 2
kan’on

For pronunciation and definitions of 虛弱 – see the following entry.

【虚弱きょじゃく】 [adjective] weak, feeble, fragile [noun] weakness, feebleness, fragility

(This term, 虛弱, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
虛	弱

Noun

虛弱 • (heoyak) (hangeul 허약)

1. Hanja form^? of 허약.