畏縮

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
• Min Nan (POJ): ùi-sok / ùi-siok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: wèisuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄨㄛ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weysuo
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵¹ su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai³ suk¹
    • Yale: wai sūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai³ suk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei³ sug¹
    • IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³ sʊk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (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 (Kaohsiung): /ui²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕiɔk̚³²/

Verb

畏縮

1. to cower; to flinch; to recoil

Synonyms

• 蝟縮／猬缩 (wèisuō)

Derived terms

畏畏縮縮／畏畏缩缩

畏縮不前／畏缩不前