Chinese

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thin; slight; meagre
thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint
 
weak; feeble; young
weak; feeble; young; inferior
trad. (薄弱)
simp. #(薄弱)

Pronunciation

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Note: Often mispronounced as báoruò.

Adjective

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薄弱

  1. (of one's willpower, foundation, etc.) weak; frail; lacking

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (薄弱):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
はく
Grade: S
じゃく
Grade: 2
kan’on

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(はく)(じゃく) (hakujakuはくじやく (fakuzyaku)?-na (adnominal (はく)(じゃく) (hakujaku na), adverbial (はく)(じゃく) (hakujaku ni))

  1. unreliable
    (はく)(じゃく)(こん)(きょ)
    hakujaku na konkyo
    unreliable basis/foundation
  2. (of one's physical strength, willpower, etc...) weak, feeble

Inflection

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Noun

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(はく)(じゃく) (hakujakuはくじやく (fakuzyaku)?

  1. unreliability
  2. (of one's physical strength, willpower, etc...) weakness, feebleness

References

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  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

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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薄弱 (bagyak) (hangeul 박약)

  1. Hanja form? of 박약 (feebleness, deficiency, low intelligence, thinness, weakness).

References

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  • Naver Korean-English Dictionary. [1]. Accessed August 14, 2022.

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

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薄弱

  1. chữ Hán form of bạc nhược (weak, feeble).