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

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

(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)

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