Chinese edit

 
weak; feeble; young
weak; feeble; young; inferior
 
small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
simp. and trad.
(弱小)

Pronunciation edit


Adjective edit

弱小

  1. small and weak; puny

Synonyms edit

  • (literary, or in compounds) (liè)

Noun edit

弱小

  1. the small and weak

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
じゃく
Grade: 2
しょう
Grade: 1
kan’on on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(じゃく)(しょう) (jakushōじやくせう (zyakuseu)?

  1. the small and weak
    Antonym: 強大 (kyōdai)
    (じゃく)(しょう)(こっ)()
    jakushō kokka
    a lesser nation
  2. the young, juvenile
    Synonyms: 弱年 (jakunen), 年少 (nenshō)

Adjective edit

(じゃく)(しょう) (jakushōじやくせう (zyakuseu)?-na (adnominal (じゃく)(しょう) (jakushō na), adverbial (じゃく)(しょう) (jakushō ni))

  1. small and weak
  2. young, juvenile

Inflection edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

弱小 (yakso) (hangeul 약소)

  1. Hanja form? of 약소.