懦弱

Chinese

		imbecile; timid	weak; feeble; young weak; feeble; young; inferior
trad. (懦弱)		懦	弱
simp. #(懦弱)		懦	弱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nuòruò

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): no⁶ joek⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ngǒ͘-lio̍k / ngō͘-lio̍k / ngō͘-jio̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): no³ riag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nuòruò
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nuòruò
    • Wade–Giles: no⁴-jo⁴
    • Yale: nwò-rwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuohruoh
    • Palladius: ножо (nožo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: no⁶ joek⁶
    • Yale: noh yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: no⁶ joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: no⁶ yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔː²² jœːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngǒ͘-lio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ngǒo-lio̍k
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋɔ̃²² liɔk̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngō͘-lio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ngōo-lio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngoxliok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ŋɔ̃²²⁻²¹ liɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngō͘-jio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ngōo-jio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngoxjiok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ̃²²⁻²¹ d͡ziɔk̚¹²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: no³ riag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nò jia̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /no²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡ziak̚⁴/

Adjective

懦弱

1. cowardly and weak

Synonyms

• 喪膽／丧胆 (sàngdǎn)
• 小膽／小胆 (Hokkien)
• 怯懦 (qiènuò)
• 慄膽／栗胆 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 懾膽／慑胆 (Hokkien)
• 熊 (xióng) (colloquial)
• 破膽／破胆 (Hokkien)
• 細膽／细胆 (sai³ daam²) (Cantonese)
• 羞怯 (xiūqiè)
• 膽小／胆小 (dǎnxiǎo)
• 膽怯／胆怯 (dǎnqiè)
• 膽細／胆细 (Hokkien)
• 荏弱 (rěnruò)
• 軟弱／软弱 (ruǎnruò)

 

Antonyms

• 果敢 (guǒgǎn)
• 無畏／无畏 (wúwèi)
• 英勇 (yīngyǒng)
• 勇敢 (yǒnggǎn)

Related terms

• (literary) 孱弱 (chánruò)
• (literary) 無能／无能 (wúnéng)