軟肋

Chinese

		soft; flexible	rib
trad. (軟肋)		軟	肋
simp. (软肋)		软	肋

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ruǎnlèi, ruǎnlè

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄟˋ, ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵ lak⁶, jyun⁵ laak⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: ruǎnlèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roanley
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ leɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: ruǎnlè
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄜˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roanleh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁵ lak⁶, jyun⁵ laak⁶
  - Yale: yúhn lahk, yúhn laahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵ lak⁹, jyn⁵ laak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵ leg⁶, yun⁵ lag⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³ lɐk̚²/, /jyːn¹³ läːk̚²/

Noun

軟肋

(anatomy) costal cartilage
(figuratively, neologism, Mainland China) weak point; weakness; soft underbelly

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