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

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• 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

1. (literary) frail; delicate
2. (literary) weak and incompetent
3. (literary) insubstantial; weak

Synonyms

• (weak):

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• 冉弱 (rǎnruò) (literary)
• 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)
• 軟蔫蔫 / 软蔫蔫 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 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)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (孱弱):

• → Korean: 잔약(孱弱) (janyak)