單薄

單薄

See also: 单薄

Chinese

		bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain	thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint
trad. (單薄)		單	薄
simp. (单薄)		单	薄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dānbó

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ bok⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): tan-po̍k / tan-po̍h
• Wu (Wiktionary): te boq (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dānbó
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danbor
    • IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan¹ bok⁶
    • Yale: dāan bohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ bok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ bog⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /täːn⁵⁵ pɔːk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tan-po̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tan-po̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: danpok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan⁴⁴⁻²² pɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tan⁴⁴⁻²² pɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tan³³ pɔk̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tan-po̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tan-po̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: danpoih
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tan³³ poʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tan⁴⁴⁻²² poʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan⁴⁴⁻²² poʔ¹²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: te boq (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /te̞⁵⁵ b̻ʊʔ²¹/

Adjective

單薄

1. (of amount of clothing) inadequate; scanty; thin
2. (of a person) weak; frail (either physically or mentally)
3. (of power) feeble; flimsy; insubstantial
4. (of a book) shallow; lacking substance

Synonyms

• (weak; frail): 瘦弱 (shòuruò)