孱弱

Chinese

		coward; weak; dodger	weak; feeble; young weak; feeble; young; inferior
simp. and trad. (孱弱)		孱	弱

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chánruò

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saan⁴ joek⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chánruò
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chánruò
  - Wade–Giles: chʻan²-jo⁴
  - Yale: chán-rwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charnruoh
  - Palladius: чаньжо (čanʹžo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saan⁴ joek⁶
  - Yale: sàahn yeuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saan⁴ joek⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: san⁴ yêg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn²¹ jœːk̚²/

Adjective

孱弱

(literary) frail; delicate
(literary) weak and incompetent
(literary) insubstantial; weak

Synonyms

(weak):

單薄／单薄 (dānbó)
孤單／孤单 (gūdān)
弱 (ruò)
微弱 (wēiruò)
柔弱 (róuruò)
瘦弱 (shòuruò)
瘦瘠 (shòují)
羸弱 (léiruò)
脆弱 (cuìruò)
荏弱 (Hokkien)
薄弱 (bóruò)
虛弱／虚弱 (xūruò)
虛荏／虚荏 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
虛虧／虚亏 (xūkuī)
虧弱／亏弱 (kuīruò)
衰弱 (shuāiruò)
軟弱／软弱 (ruǎnruò)
軟䭕／软𬲕 (Hokkien, Teochew)
雌 (cí) (literary)
體弱／体弱 (tǐruò)

Related terms

懦弱 (nuòruò)
(literary) 無能／无能 (wúnéng)

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