軟肋

Chinese

		soft; flexible	rib
trad. (軟肋)		軟	肋
simp. (软肋)		软	肋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruǎnlèi, ruǎnlè

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄟˋ, ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵ lak⁶ / jyun⁵ laak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruǎnlèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruǎnlèi
    • Wade–Giles: juan³-lei⁴
    • Yale: rwǎn-lèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roanley
    • Palladius: жуаньлэй (žuanʹlɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ leɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruǎnlè
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruǎnlè
    • Wade–Giles: juan³-lê⁴
    • Yale: rwǎn-lè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roanleh
    • Palladius: жуаньлэ (žuanʹlɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁵ lak⁶ / jyun⁵ laak⁶
    • Yale: yúhn lahk / yúhn laahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵ lak⁹ / jyn⁵ laak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵ leg⁶ / yun⁵ lag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³ lɐk̚²/, /jyːn¹³ laːk̚²/

Noun

軟肋

1. (anatomy) costal cartilage
2. (figurative, Mainland China) weak point; weakness; soft underbelly