畏縮

See also: 畏缩

Chinese

		to fear	to withdraw; to pull back; to contract to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce
trad. (畏縮)		畏	縮
simp. (畏缩)		畏	缩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèisuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³ suk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ùi-sok / ùi-siok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèisuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèisuo
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-so¹
    • Yale: wèi-swō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weysuo
    • Palladius: вэйсо (vɛjso)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai³ suk¹
    • Yale: wai sūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai³ suk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei³ sug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³ sʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùi-sok
    • Tâi-lô: uì-sok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uiesog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²¹⁻⁵³ sɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɔk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùi-siok
    • Tâi-lô: uì-siok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uiesiog
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui¹¹⁻⁵³ siɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui²¹⁻⁵³ siɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²¹⁻⁴¹ siɔk̚³²/

Verb

畏縮

1. to cower; to flinch; to recoil

Synonyms

• 蝟縮／猬缩 (wèisuō)