懦弱
Chinese
| imbecile; timid | weak; feeble; young weak; feeble; young; inferior | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (懦弱) | 懦 | 弱 | |
| simp. #(懦弱) | 懦 | 弱 | |
| alternative forms | 愞弱 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): no6 joek6
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: nuòruò
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nuòruò
- Wade–Giles: no4-jo4
- Yale: nwò-rwò
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuohruoh
- Palladius: ножо (nožo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /nu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: no6 joek6
- Yale: noh yeuhk
- Cantonese Pinyin: no6 joek9
- Guangdong Romanization: no6 yêg6
- Sinological IPA (key): /nɔː²² jœːk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nō͘-lio̍k
- Tâi-lô: nōo-lio̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: noxliok
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /nɔ̃²²⁻²¹ liɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nǒ͘-lio̍k
- Tâi-lô: nǒo-lio̍k
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃²² liɔk̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nō͘-jio̍k
- Tâi-lô: nōo-jio̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: noxjiok
- Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /nɔ̃³³⁻²¹ ziɔk̚⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /nɔ̃²²⁻²¹ d͡ziɔk̚¹²¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: no3 riag8
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nò jia̍k
- Sinological IPA (key): /no²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡ziak̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Adjective
懦弱
- cowardly and weak
- (Hokkien) spiritless and lazy; without energy; lackadaisical; indolent; listless; weak-willed; languid
Synonyms
- (cowardly):
- 喪膽 / 丧胆 (sàngdǎn)
- 小膽 / 小胆 (Hokkien)
- 怯懦 (qiènuò)
- 慄膽 / 栗胆 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 懾膽 / 慑胆 (Hokkien)
- 熊 (xióng) (colloquial)
- 破膽 / 破胆 (Hokkien)
- 素母 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 細膽 / 细胆 (sai3 daam2) (Cantonese)
- 羞怯 (xiūqiè)
- 膽小 / 胆小 (dǎnxiǎo)
- 膽怯 / 胆怯 (dǎnqiè)
- 膽細 / 胆细 (Hokkien)
- 荏弱 (rěnruò)
- 軟弱 / 软弱 (ruǎnruò)
- 雀囝膽 / 雀囝胆 (Puxian Min)
- 鳥囝膽 / 鸟囝胆 (Puxian Min)
- 鳥膽 / 鸟胆 (Puxian Min)