懦弱

Chinese

		imbecile; timid	weak; feeble; young weak; feeble; young; inferior
trad. (懦弱)		懦	弱
simp. ^#(懦弱)		懦	弱

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nuòruò

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): no⁶ joek⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): nō͘-jio̍k / ngǒ͘-lio̍k / ngō͘-lio̍k / ngō͘-jio̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): no³ riag⁸

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/
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/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nō͘-jio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: nōo-jio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: noxjiok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nɔ̃²²⁻²¹ d͡ziɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nɔ̃³³⁻²¹ ziɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /nɔ̃³³⁻¹¹ d͡ziɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngǒ͘-lio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: ngǒo-lio̍k
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋɔ̃²² liɔk̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngō͘-lio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: ngōo-lio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngoxliok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ŋɔ̃²²⁻²¹ liɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngō͘-jio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: ngōo-jio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngoxjiok
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ̃²²⁻²¹ d͡ziɔk̚¹²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: no³ riag⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nò jia̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /no²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡ziak̚⁴/

Adjective

懦弱

cowardly and weak
(Hokkien) spiritless and lazy; without energy; lackadaisical; indolent; listless; weak-willed; languid

Synonyms

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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)

Antonyms

果敢 (guǒgǎn)
無畏／无畏 (wúwèi)
英勇 (yīngyǒng)
勇敢 (yǒnggǎn)

Related terms

(literary) 孱弱 (chánruò)
(literary) 無能／无能 (wúnéng)