薄弱

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
• Min Nan (POJ): po̍k-jio̍k / po̍k-lio̍k / po̍k-jia̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bóruò
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borruoh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bóruò
    • IPA ^(key): /pwɔ³⁵ ʐwɔ⁵¹/

Note: Often mispronounced as báoruò.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bok⁶ joek⁶
    • Yale: bohk yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁹ joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog⁶ yêg⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚² jœ̽ːk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-jio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: po̍k-jio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pogjiok
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² ʑiɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-lio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: po̍k-lio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pogliok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚²⁴⁻²² liɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² liɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-jia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: po̍k-jia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pogjiak
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡ʑiak̚¹²¹/

Adjective

薄弱

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

Synonyms

• 脆弱 (cuìruò)
• 虧弱／亏弱 (kuīruò)
• 軟弱／软弱 (ruǎnruò)
• 衰弱 (shuāiruò)
• 虛虧／虚亏 (xūkuī)
• 虛弱／虚弱 (xūruò)
• (Min Nan) 荏弱, 虛荏／虚荏

Antonyms

• 堅強／坚强 (jiānqiáng)
• 堅毅／坚毅 (jiānyì)
• 強健／强健 (qiángjiàn)
• 茁壯／茁壮 (zhuózhuàng)