澆薄

Chinese

		to water	thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint
trad. (澆薄)		澆	薄
simp. (浇薄)		浇	薄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāobó

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄅㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāobó
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiaobó
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹-po²
    • Yale: jyāu-bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaubor
    • Palladius: цзяобо (czjaobo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/

Adjective

澆薄

1. (literary) barren (not producing vegetation); infertile
2. (literary) (of relationships) cold; unkind; apathetic; (of social morals) scarce and insincere (not genuine)

   人情澆薄／人情浇薄  ―  rénqíng jiāobó  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)