軟弱

See also: 软弱

Chinese

		soft; flexible	weak; feeble; young weak; feeble; young; inferior
trad. (軟弱)		軟	弱
simp. (软弱)		软	弱
alternative forms		輭弱／软弱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruǎnruò

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵ joek⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiôn-ngio̍k
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): loán-lio̍k / loán-jio̍k / loán-jia̍k / nńg-lio̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): neng² riag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruǎnruò
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruǎnruò
    • Wade–Giles: juan³-jo⁴
    • Yale: rwǎn-rwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roanruoh
    • Palladius: жуаньжо (žuanʹžo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁵ joek⁶
    • Yale: yúhn yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵ joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵ yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³ jœːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiôn-ngio̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngion´ ngiog
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngion¹ ngiog⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯on²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋi̯ok̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loán-lio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: luán-lio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loafnliok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /luan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /luan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loán-jio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: luán-jio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loafnjiok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /luan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡ziɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /luan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ziɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loán-jia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: luán-jia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loafnjiak
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /luan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡ziak̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nńg-lio̍h
    • Tâi-lô: nńg-lio̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nngflioih
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɤʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /nŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lioʔ⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: neng² riag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nṳ́ng jia̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ d͡ziak̚⁴/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 軟弱

1. weak; feeble; infirm
2. (figurative) weak; useless; lacking courage

Synonyms

• (weak; feeble):

(deprecated template usage)

• 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)
• 軟䭕／软𬲕 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 雌 (cí) (literary)
• 體弱／体弱 (tǐruò)

 

Antonyms

• (weak; feeble): 堅強／坚强 (jiānqiáng), 堅毅／坚毅 (jiānyì), 強健／强健 (qiángjiàn), 茁壯／茁壮 (zhuózhuàng)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
軟	弱
なん Grade: S	じゃく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Adjective

軟(なん)弱(じゃく) • (nanjaku) -na (adnominal 軟(なん)弱(じゃく)な (nanjaku na), adverbial 軟(なん)弱(じゃく)に (nanjaku ni))

1. weak, soft

   低地(ていち)には軟弱(なんじゃく)な地盤(じばん)が多(おお)い。

   Teichi ni wa nanjakuna jiban ga ōi.

   In lowlands soft ground is common.

2. weak-willed, spineless
3. (finance, stock market) bearish, weak

   市場(しじょう)が軟弱(なんじゃく)だ。

   Shijō ga nanjaku da.

   The market is bearish.