薄弱

Chinese

		thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint	weak; feeble; young weak; feeble; young; inferior
trad. (薄弱)		薄	弱
simp. #(薄弱)		薄	弱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bóruò

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok⁶ joek⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): po̍k-jio̍k / po̍k-lio̍k / po̍k-jia̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): boh⁸ riag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bóruò
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bóruò
    • Wade–Giles: po²-jo⁴
    • Yale: bwó-rwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borruoh
    • Palladius: божо (božo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/

Note: Often mispronounced as báoruò.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bok⁶ joek⁶
    • Yale: bohk yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁹ joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog⁶ yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚² jœːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-jio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: po̍k-jio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pogjiok
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² ziɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-lio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: po̍k-lio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pogliok
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² liɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚²⁴⁻² liɔk̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-jia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: po̍k-jia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pogjiak
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡ziak̚¹²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: boh⁸ riag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: po̍h jia̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /poʔ⁴⁻² d͡ziak̚⁴/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 薄弱

1. (of one's willpower, foundation, etc.) weak; lacking

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 冉弱 (rǎnruò) (literary)
• 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)
• 虛弱／虚弱 (xūruò)
• 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)

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