弱肉強食

See also: 弱肉强食

Chinese

		weak; feeble; young weak; feeble; young; inferior	meat; flesh	strength; force; power strength; force; power; powerful; better	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (弱肉強食)		弱	肉	強	食
simp. (弱肉强食)		弱	肉	强	食
Literally: “weak (is the) meat, strong eats (the meat); if you are weak, you are the meat; if you are strong, you eat the meat”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruòròuqiángshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄡˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶ juk⁶ koeng⁴ sik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruòròuqiángshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄡˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruòròuciángshíh
    • Wade–Giles: jo⁴-jou⁴-chʻiang²-shih²
    • Yale: rwò-ròu-chyáng-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruohrowchyangshyr
    • Palladius: жожоуцянши (žožoucjanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joek⁶ juk⁶ koeng⁴ sik⁶
    • Yale: yeuhk yuhk kèuhng sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹ juk⁹ koeng⁴ sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶ yug⁶ kêng⁴ xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚² jʊk̚² kʰœːŋ²¹ sɪk̚²/

Proverb

弱肉強食

1. survival of the fittest; law of the jungle

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (弱肉強食):

• → Japanese: 弱(じゃく)肉(にく)強(きょう)食(しょく) (jakunikukyōshoku)
• → Korean: 약육강식(弱肉強食) (yagyukgangsik)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
弱	肉	強	食
じゃく Grade: 2	にく Grade: 2	きょう Grade: 2	しょく Grade: 2
kan'on	goon	kan'on

Pronunciation

• (Tōkyō) じゃくにくきょうしょく [jàkúníkú kyòóshókú] (Heiban + Heiban – [0]-[0])

• (Tokyo) じゃくにくきょーしょく [jàkúníkú kyóóshókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑa̠kɯ̟ɲ̟ikɯ̟ kʲo̞ːɕo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

弱(じゃく)肉(にく)強(きょう)食(しょく) • (jakuniku kyōshoku) ^{←じゃくにくきょうしょく (zyakunikukyousyoku)?}

1. law of the jungle

   Synonym: 優勝劣敗 (yūshō reppai)

Korean

Hanja in this term
弱	肉	強	食

Noun

弱肉強食 • (yagyukgangsik) (hangeul 약육강식)

1. hanja form^? of 약육강식 (“law of the jungle”)