怯弱

Chinese

		afraid; rustic	weak; feeble; young weak; feeble; young; inferior
simp. and trad. (怯弱)		怯	弱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qièruò, quèruò

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ, ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hip³ joek⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiap-lio̍k / khiap-jio̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qièruò
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cièruò
    • Wade–Giles: chʻieh⁴-jo⁴
    • Yale: chyè-rwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiehruoh
    • Palladius: цежо (cežo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quèruò
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuèruò
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh⁴-jo⁴
    • Yale: chywè-rwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuehruoh
    • Palladius: цюэжо (cjuežo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hip³ joek⁶
    • Yale: hip yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hip⁸ joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hib³ yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːp̚³ jœːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiap-lio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: khiap-lio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiapliok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiap̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiap̚³²⁻⁴ liɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiap-jio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: khiap-jio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiapjiok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiap̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ziɔk̚¹²¹/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 怯弱

1. timid and weak-willed

   • 目前的造物主，還是一個怯弱者。 [MSC, trad.]
     目前的造物主，还是一个怯弱者。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1926, Lu Xun, “Amid Pale Bloodstains—In Memory of Some Who Are Dead, Some Who Live, and Some Yet Unborn”, in Wild Grass (English translation by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang)

     Mùqián de zàowùzhǔ, hái shì yī ge qièruòzhě. [Pinyin]

     At present the creator is still a weakling.