削弱

Chinese edit

		to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down) to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down); to scrape	weak; feeble; young weak; feeble; young; inferior
trad. (削弱)		削	弱
simp. ^#(削弱)		削	弱

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuēruò, xuèruò

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝㄖㄨㄛˋ, ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soek³ joek⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siah-lio̍k / siah-jio̍k / siah-jia̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuēruò
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝㄖㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syueruò
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh¹-jo⁴
  - Yale: sywē-rwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiueruoh
  - Palladius: сюэжо (sjuežo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuèruò
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuèruò
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-jo⁴
  - Yale: sywè-rwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehruoh
  - Palladius: сюэжо (sjuežo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soek³ joek⁶
  - Yale: seuk yeuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soek⁸ joek⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêg³ yêg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːk̚³ jœːk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siah-lio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: siah-lio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siahliok
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ liɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sia(ʔ)⁵ liɔk̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siah-jio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: siah-jio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siahjiok
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ ziɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siah-jia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: siah-jia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siahjiak
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ d͡ziak̚¹²¹/

Verb edit

削弱

(transitive, intransitive) to weaken; to cripple
中央政府的權威受到削弱。 [MSC, trad.]
中央政府的权威受到削弱。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhōngyāng zhèngfǔ de quánwēi shòudào xuēruò. [Pinyin]
The authority of the central government has been weakened.

Synonyms edit

削 (literary, or in compounds)
淡化 (dànhuà)
減弱／减弱 (jiǎnruò)
減損／减损 (jiǎnsǔn)
耗

Antonyms edit

增強／增强 (zēngqiáng)