"弱" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jœːk̚²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ŋi̯ok̚⁵/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /ŋiɔ²⁴/ [Jian'ou, Sinological-IPA], /yoʔ⁵/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /ziɤʔ⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /lioʔ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /lioʔ⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei, Xiamen], /ziɔk̚⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /liɔk̚²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /liɔk̚⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei, Xiamen], /ziak̚⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /d͡ziak̚¹²¹/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /d͡ziak̚⁴/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/, /jœːk̚²/, /ŋi̯ok̚⁵/, /ŋiɔ²⁴/, /yoʔ⁵/, /ziɤʔ⁴/, /lioʔ²⁴/, /lioʔ⁴/, /ziɔk̚⁴/, /liɔk̚²⁴/, /liɔk̚⁴/, /ziak̚⁴/, /d͡ziak̚¹²¹/, /d͡ziak̚⁴/, /zaʔ¹²/ Chinese transliterations: ruò [Mandarin, Pinyin], ruo⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄖㄨㄛˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], joek⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ngio̍k [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ngiŏ̤, iŏk, jio̍h [Hokkien, POJ], lio̍h [Hokkien, POJ], jio̍k [Hokkien, POJ], lio̍k [Hokkien, POJ], jia̍k [Hokkien, POJ], riag⁸ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁸zaq, ruò [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ruò [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], jo⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], rwò [Mandarin, Yale], ruoh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], жо [Mandarin, Palladius], žo [Mandarin, Palladius], yeuhk [Cantonese, Yale], joek⁹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yêg⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ngio̍k [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ngiog [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], ngiog⁶ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], ngiŏ̤ [Jian'ou, Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized], iŏk [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], jio̍h [Hokkien, Tai-lo], jioih [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], lio̍h [Hokkien, Tai-lo], lioih [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], jio̍k [Hokkien, Tai-lo], jiok [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], lio̍k [Hokkien, Tai-lo], liok [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], jia̍k [Hokkien, Tai-lo], jiak [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], jia̍k [POJ, Teochew], ⁸zaq [Wu], zah^入 [Wu], ⁵zaq [Wu], /zaʔ¹²/ [Wu], nyak [Middle-Chinese], /*newk/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*njewɢ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 弓 (“bow”) + 彡 (“hair, meaning "decoration" in this case”) - a decorative bow that is functionally inferior. Or it might be indicating that the bow is shaking, which implies a worn-out bow. An alternate etymology is 𢎥 + 𢎥, 𢎥 being a variant of 卷. Etymology templates: {{m|zh|會意|tr=-}} 會意/会意, {{categorize|zh|Han ideogrammic compounds}}, {{liushu|ic|adj=|nocap=|pron=}} Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意), {{m|zh|弓//||bow|tr=-}} 弓 (“bow”), {{m|zh|彡//||hair, meaning "decoration" in this case|tr=-}} 彡 (“hair, meaning "decoration" in this case”), {{Han compound|弓|彡|ls=ic|t1=bow|t2=hair, meaning "decoration" in this case}} Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 弓 (“bow”) + 彡 (“hair, meaning "decoration" in this case”) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 弱
  1. weak; feeble
    Sense id: en-弱-zh-character-PDFVMzrU Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. fragile; delicate
    Sense id: en-弱-zh-character-MLj7c2Ao Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Elementary Mandarin Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Elementary Mandarin: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 單薄 (dānbó), 单薄 (dānbó), 孤單 (gūdān), 孤单 (gūdān), 孱弱 (chánruò) [literary], 微弱 (wēiruò), 柔弱 (róuruò), 瘦弱 (shòuruò), 瘦瘠 (shòují), 羸弱 (léiruò), 脆弱 (cuìruò), 荏弱 [Hokkien], 薄弱 (bóruò), 虛弱 (xūruò), 虚弱 (xūruò), 虛荏 [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 虚荏 [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 虛虧 (xūkuī), 虚亏 (xūkuī), 虧弱 (kuīruò), 亏弱 (kuīruò), 衰弱 (shuāiruò), 軟弱 (ruǎnruò), 软弱 (ruǎnruò), 軟䭕 [Hokkien, Teochew], 软𬲕 [Hokkien, Teochew], (cí) [literary], 體弱 (tǐruò), 体弱 (tǐruò) Derived forms: 不弱, 不弱似, 不弱如, 不甘示弱 (bùgānshìruò), 以弱制強, 以弱制强, 以強陵弱, 以强陵弱, 倚強凌弱, 倚强凌弱, 倚強欺弱 (yǐqiáng qī ruò), 倚强欺弱 (yǐqiáng qī ruò), 兼弱攻昧, 削弱 (xuēruò), 力分勢弱, 力分势弱, 力弱, 危弱, 又弱一個, 又弱一个, 單弱, 单弱, 好弱, 嬌弱 (jiāoruò), 娇弱 (jiāoruò), 孅弱, 孤弱, 孱弱 (chánruò), 幼弱 (yòuruò), 弱不勝衣, 弱不胜衣, 弱不好弄, 弱不禁風 (ruòbùjīnfēng), 弱不禁风 (ruòbùjīnfēng), 弱兵, 弱冠 (ruòguàn), 弱勢 (ruòshì), 弱势 (ruòshì), 弱化 (ruòhuà), 弱喪, 弱丧, 弱小 (ruòxiǎo), 弱怯怯, 弱息, 弱智 (ruòzhì), 弱柳扶風, 弱柳扶风, 弱植, 弱水 (Ruòshuǐ), 弱水三千, 弱水之隔, 弱疾, 弱視 (ruòshì), 弱视 (ruòshì), 弱笄, 弱翰, 弱者 (ruòzhě), 弱肉強食 (ruòròuqiángshí), 弱肉强食 (ruòròuqiángshí), 弱質, 弱质, 弱酸 (ruòsuān), 弱項 (ruòxiàng), 弱项 (ruòxiàng), 弱鹼 (ruòjiǎn), 弱碱 (ruòjiǎn), 弱點 (ruòdiǎn), 弱点 (ruòdiǎn), 弱齡, 弱龄, 強幹弱枝, 强干弱枝, 強弱 (qiángruò), 强弱 (qiángruò), 強弱懸殊, 强弱悬殊, 強本弱枝, 强本弱枝, 彊幹弱枝, 彊本弱末, 强本弱末, 微弱 (wēiruò), 怯弱 (qièruò), 恃強凌弱 (shìqiánglíngruò), 恃强凌弱 (shìqiánglíngruò), 恃強欺弱, 恃强欺弱, 懦弱 (nuòruò), 扶傾濟弱, 扶倾济弱, 扶弱抑強, 扶弱抑强, 抑強扶弱 (yìqiángfúruò), 抑强扶弱 (yìqiángfúruò), 按彊助弱, 按强助弱, 振弱除暴, 攜老扶弱, 携老扶弱, 攣弱, 挛弱, 文弱 (wénruò), 文弱書生 (wénruòshūshēng), 文弱书生 (wénruòshūshēng), 柔弱 (róuruò), 柔心弱骨, 沖弱, 冲弱, 減弱 (jiǎnruò), 减弱 (jiǎnruò), 漸弱 (jiànruò), 渐弱 (jiànruò), 濟弱扶傾, 济弱扶倾, 濟弱扶危, 济弱扶危, 濟弱鋤強, 济弱锄强, 畏強凌弱, 畏强凌弱, 疲弱, 瘦弱 (shòuruò), 示弱 (shìruò), 神經衰弱 (shénjīng shuāiruò), 神经衰弱 (shénjīng shuāiruò), 積弱 (jīruò), 积弱 (jīruò), 積弱不振, 积弱不振, 細弱 (xìruò), 细弱 (xìruò), 繁弱, 纖弱 (xiānruò), 纤弱 (xiānruò), 纖纖弱質, 纤纤弱质, 羸弱 (léiruò), 老弱 (lǎoruò), 老弱殘兵, 老弱残兵, 脆弱 (cuìruò), 苒弱, 荏弱, 蓬萊弱水, 蓬莱弱水, 薄弱 (bóruò), 虛弱 (xūruò), 虚弱 (xūruò), 衰弱 (shuāiruò), 貧弱 (pínruò), 贫弱 (pínruò), 軟弱 (ruǎnruò), 软弱 (ruǎnruò), 軟弱無力, 软弱无力, 輕塵弱草, 轻尘弱草, 違強陵弱, 违强陵弱, 鋤強扶弱 (chúqiángfúruò), 锄强扶弱 (chúqiángfúruò), 闇弱 (ànruò), 暗弱 (ànruò), 面弱

Alternative forms

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "qiáng",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"weak\"",
      "word": "強"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiáng",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"weak\"",
      "word": "强"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "不弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "不弱似"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "不弱如"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bùgānshìruò",
      "word": "不甘示弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "以弱制強"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "以弱制强"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "以強陵弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "以强陵弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "倚強凌弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "倚强凌弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yǐqiáng qī ruò",
      "word": "倚強欺弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yǐqiáng qī ruò",
      "word": "倚强欺弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "兼弱攻昧"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xuēruò",
      "word": "削弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "力分勢弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "力分势弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "力弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "危弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "又弱一個"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "又弱一个"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "單弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "单弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "好弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiāoruò",
      "word": "嬌弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiāoruò",
      "word": "娇弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "孅弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "孤弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chánruò",
      "word": "孱弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yòuruò",
      "word": "幼弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "弱不勝衣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "弱不胜衣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "弱不好弄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ruòbùjīnfēng",
      "word": "弱不禁風"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ruòbùjīnfēng",
      "word": "弱不禁风"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "弱兵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ruòguàn",
      "word": "弱冠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ruòshì",
      "word": "弱勢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ruòshì",
      "word": "弱势"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ruòhuà",
      "word": "弱化"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "弱喪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "弱丧"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ruòxiǎo",
      "word": "弱小"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "弱怯怯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "弱息"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ruòzhì",
      "word": "弱智"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "弱柳扶風"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "弱柳扶风"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "弱植"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Ruòshuǐ",
      "word": "弱水"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "弱水三千"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "弱水之隔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "弱疾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ruòshì",
      "word": "弱視"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ruòshì",
      "word": "弱视"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "弱笄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "弱翰"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ruòzhě",
      "word": "弱者"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ruòròuqiángshí",
      "word": "弱肉強食"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ruòròuqiángshí",
      "word": "弱肉强食"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "弱質"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "弱质"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ruòsuān",
      "word": "弱酸"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ruòxiàng",
      "word": "弱項"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ruòxiàng",
      "word": "弱项"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ruòjiǎn",
      "word": "弱鹼"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ruòjiǎn",
      "word": "弱碱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ruòdiǎn",
      "word": "弱點"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ruòdiǎn",
      "word": "弱点"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "弱齡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "弱龄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "強幹弱枝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "强干弱枝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qiángruò",
      "word": "強弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qiángruò",
      "word": "强弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "強弱懸殊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "强弱悬殊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "強本弱枝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "强本弱枝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "彊幹弱枝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "彊本弱末"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "强本弱末"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "wēiruò",
      "word": "微弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qièruò",
      "word": "怯弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shìqiánglíngruò",
      "word": "恃強凌弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shìqiánglíngruò",
      "word": "恃强凌弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "恃強欺弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "恃强欺弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nuòruò",
      "word": "懦弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "扶傾濟弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "扶倾济弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "扶弱抑強"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "扶弱抑强"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yìqiángfúruò",
      "word": "抑強扶弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yìqiángfúruò",
      "word": "抑强扶弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "按彊助弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "按强助弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "振弱除暴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "攜老扶弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "携老扶弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "攣弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "挛弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "wénruò",
      "word": "文弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "wénruòshūshēng",
      "word": "文弱書生"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "wénruòshūshēng",
      "word": "文弱书生"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "róuruò",
      "word": "柔弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "柔心弱骨"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "沖弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "冲弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiǎnruò",
      "word": "減弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiǎnruò",
      "word": "减弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiànruò",
      "word": "漸弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiànruò",
      "word": "渐弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "濟弱扶傾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "济弱扶倾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "濟弱扶危"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "济弱扶危"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "濟弱鋤強"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "济弱锄强"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "畏強凌弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "畏强凌弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "疲弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shòuruò",
      "word": "瘦弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shìruò",
      "word": "示弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shénjīng shuāiruò",
      "word": "神經衰弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shénjīng shuāiruò",
      "word": "神经衰弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jīruò",
      "word": "積弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jīruò",
      "word": "积弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "積弱不振"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "积弱不振"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xìruò",
      "word": "細弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xìruò",
      "word": "细弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "繁弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xiānruò",
      "word": "纖弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xiānruò",
      "word": "纤弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "纖纖弱質"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "纤纤弱质"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "léiruò",
      "word": "羸弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lǎoruò",
      "word": "老弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "老弱殘兵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "老弱残兵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuìruò",
      "word": "脆弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "苒弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "荏弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "蓬萊弱水"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "蓬莱弱水"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bóruò",
      "word": "薄弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xūruò",
      "word": "虛弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xūruò",
      "word": "虚弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shuāiruò",
      "word": "衰弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pínruò",
      "word": "貧弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pínruò",
      "word": "贫弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ruǎnruò",
      "word": "軟弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ruǎnruò",
      "word": "软弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "軟弱無力"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "软弱无力"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "輕塵弱草"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "轻尘弱草"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "違強陵弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "违强陵弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chúqiángfúruò",
      "word": "鋤強扶弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chúqiángfúruò",
      "word": "锄强扶弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ànruò",
      "word": "闇弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ànruò",
      "word": "暗弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "面弱"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "會意",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "會意/会意",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han ideogrammic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ic",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "弓//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "bow",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "弓 (“bow”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "彡//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hair, meaning \"decoration\" in this case",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "彡 (“hair, meaning \"decoration\" in this case”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "弓",
        "2": "彡",
        "ls": "ic",
        "t1": "bow",
        "t2": "hair, meaning \"decoration\" in this case"
      },
      "expansion": "Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 弓 (“bow”) + 彡 (“hair, meaning \"decoration\" in this case”)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 弓 (“bow”) + 彡 (“hair, meaning \"decoration\" in this case”) - a decorative bow that is functionally inferior. Or it might be indicating that the bow is shaking, which implies a worn-out bow.\nAn alternate etymology is 𢎥 + 𢎥, 𢎥 being a variant of 卷.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "弱",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "weak, feeble",
          "roman": "ruǎnruò",
          "text": "軟弱/软弱",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "weak; feeble"
      ],
      "id": "en-弱-zh-character-PDFVMzrU",
      "links": [
        [
          "weak",
          "weak"
        ],
        [
          "feeble",
          "feeble"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Elementary Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fragile; delicate"
      ],
      "id": "en-弱-zh-character-MLj7c2Ao",
      "links": [
        [
          "fragile",
          "fragile"
        ],
        [
          "delicate",
          "delicate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ruò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ruo⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄖㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "joek⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngio̍k"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ngiŏ̤"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "iŏk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jio̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lio̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jia̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "riag⁸"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁸zaq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ruò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ruò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jo⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rwò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ruoh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "жо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "žo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeuhk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "joek⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yêg⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jœːk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngiog"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngiog⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋi̯ok̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngiŏ̤"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋiɔ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iŏk"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/yoʔ⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jio̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jioih"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ziɤʔ⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lio̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lioih"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lioʔ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lioʔ⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiok"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ziɔk̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liok"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɔk̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɔk̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jia̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiak"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ziak̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziak̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jia̍k"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziak̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁸zaq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zah^入"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵zaq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/zaʔ¹²/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nyak"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*newk/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*njewɢ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ lio̍h /"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ lio̍k /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jœːk̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋi̯ok̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋiɔ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/yoʔ⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ziɤʔ⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lioʔ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lioʔ⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ziɔk̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɔk̚²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɔk̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ziak̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziak̚¹²¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/lio̍k/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziak̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zaʔ¹²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*newk/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*njewɢ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dānbó",
      "word": "單薄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dānbó",
      "word": "单薄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gūdān",
      "word": "孤單"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gūdān",
      "word": "孤单"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chánruò",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "孱弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "wēiruò",
      "word": "微弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "róuruò",
      "word": "柔弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shòuruò",
      "word": "瘦弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shòují",
      "word": "瘦瘠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "léiruò",
      "word": "羸弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuìruò",
      "word": "脆弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "荏弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bóruò",
      "word": "薄弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xūruò",
      "word": "虛弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xūruò",
      "word": "虚弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "虛荏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "虚荏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xūkuī",
      "word": "虛虧"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xūkuī",
      "word": "虚亏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kuīruò",
      "word": "虧弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kuīruò",
      "word": "亏弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shuāiruò",
      "word": "衰弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ruǎnruò",
      "word": "軟弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ruǎnruò",
      "word": "软弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "軟䭕"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "软𬲕"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cí",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "雌"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tǐruò",
      "word": "體弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tǐruò",
      "word": "体弱"
    }
  ],
  "word": "弱"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "qiáng",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"weak\"",
      "word": "強"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiáng",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"weak\"",
      "word": "强"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min adjectives",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Elementary Mandarin",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Northern Min adjectives",
    "Northern Min lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "不弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "不弱似"
    },
    {
      "word": "不弱如"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùgānshìruò",
      "word": "不甘示弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "以弱制強"
    },
    {
      "word": "以弱制强"
    },
    {
      "word": "以強陵弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "以强陵弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "倚強凌弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "倚强凌弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǐqiáng qī ruò",
      "word": "倚強欺弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǐqiáng qī ruò",
      "word": "倚强欺弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "兼弱攻昧"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuēruò",
      "word": "削弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "力分勢弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "力分势弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "力弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "危弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "又弱一個"
    },
    {
      "word": "又弱一个"
    },
    {
      "word": "單弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "单弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "好弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiāoruò",
      "word": "嬌弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiāoruò",
      "word": "娇弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "孅弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "孤弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chánruò",
      "word": "孱弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yòuruò",
      "word": "幼弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "弱不勝衣"
    },
    {
      "word": "弱不胜衣"
    },
    {
      "word": "弱不好弄"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruòbùjīnfēng",
      "word": "弱不禁風"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruòbùjīnfēng",
      "word": "弱不禁风"
    },
    {
      "word": "弱兵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruòguàn",
      "word": "弱冠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruòshì",
      "word": "弱勢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruòshì",
      "word": "弱势"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruòhuà",
      "word": "弱化"
    },
    {
      "word": "弱喪"
    },
    {
      "word": "弱丧"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruòxiǎo",
      "word": "弱小"
    },
    {
      "word": "弱怯怯"
    },
    {
      "word": "弱息"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruòzhì",
      "word": "弱智"
    },
    {
      "word": "弱柳扶風"
    },
    {
      "word": "弱柳扶风"
    },
    {
      "word": "弱植"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Ruòshuǐ",
      "word": "弱水"
    },
    {
      "word": "弱水三千"
    },
    {
      "word": "弱水之隔"
    },
    {
      "word": "弱疾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruòshì",
      "word": "弱視"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruòshì",
      "word": "弱视"
    },
    {
      "word": "弱笄"
    },
    {
      "word": "弱翰"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruòzhě",
      "word": "弱者"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruòròuqiángshí",
      "word": "弱肉強食"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruòròuqiángshí",
      "word": "弱肉强食"
    },
    {
      "word": "弱質"
    },
    {
      "word": "弱质"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruòsuān",
      "word": "弱酸"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruòxiàng",
      "word": "弱項"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruòxiàng",
      "word": "弱项"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruòjiǎn",
      "word": "弱鹼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruòjiǎn",
      "word": "弱碱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruòdiǎn",
      "word": "弱點"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruòdiǎn",
      "word": "弱点"
    },
    {
      "word": "弱齡"
    },
    {
      "word": "弱龄"
    },
    {
      "word": "強幹弱枝"
    },
    {
      "word": "强干弱枝"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiángruò",
      "word": "強弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiángruò",
      "word": "强弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "強弱懸殊"
    },
    {
      "word": "强弱悬殊"
    },
    {
      "word": "強本弱枝"
    },
    {
      "word": "强本弱枝"
    },
    {
      "word": "彊幹弱枝"
    },
    {
      "word": "彊本弱末"
    },
    {
      "word": "强本弱末"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wēiruò",
      "word": "微弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qièruò",
      "word": "怯弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shìqiánglíngruò",
      "word": "恃強凌弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shìqiánglíngruò",
      "word": "恃强凌弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "恃強欺弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "恃强欺弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nuòruò",
      "word": "懦弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "扶傾濟弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "扶倾济弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "扶弱抑強"
    },
    {
      "word": "扶弱抑强"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yìqiángfúruò",
      "word": "抑強扶弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yìqiángfúruò",
      "word": "抑强扶弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "按彊助弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "按强助弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "振弱除暴"
    },
    {
      "word": "攜老扶弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "携老扶弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "攣弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "挛弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wénruò",
      "word": "文弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wénruòshūshēng",
      "word": "文弱書生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wénruòshūshēng",
      "word": "文弱书生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róuruò",
      "word": "柔弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "柔心弱骨"
    },
    {
      "word": "沖弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "冲弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎnruò",
      "word": "減弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎnruò",
      "word": "减弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiànruò",
      "word": "漸弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiànruò",
      "word": "渐弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "濟弱扶傾"
    },
    {
      "word": "济弱扶倾"
    },
    {
      "word": "濟弱扶危"
    },
    {
      "word": "济弱扶危"
    },
    {
      "word": "濟弱鋤強"
    },
    {
      "word": "济弱锄强"
    },
    {
      "word": "畏強凌弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "畏强凌弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "疲弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shòuruò",
      "word": "瘦弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shìruò",
      "word": "示弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shénjīng shuāiruò",
      "word": "神經衰弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shénjīng shuāiruò",
      "word": "神经衰弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīruò",
      "word": "積弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīruò",
      "word": "积弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "積弱不振"
    },
    {
      "word": "积弱不振"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xìruò",
      "word": "細弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xìruò",
      "word": "细弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "繁弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānruò",
      "word": "纖弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānruò",
      "word": "纤弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "纖纖弱質"
    },
    {
      "word": "纤纤弱质"
    },
    {
      "roman": "léiruò",
      "word": "羸弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎoruò",
      "word": "老弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "老弱殘兵"
    },
    {
      "word": "老弱残兵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuìruò",
      "word": "脆弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "苒弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "荏弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "蓬萊弱水"
    },
    {
      "word": "蓬莱弱水"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bóruò",
      "word": "薄弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xūruò",
      "word": "虛弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xūruò",
      "word": "虚弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuāiruò",
      "word": "衰弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pínruò",
      "word": "貧弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pínruò",
      "word": "贫弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruǎnruò",
      "word": "軟弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruǎnruò",
      "word": "软弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "軟弱無力"
    },
    {
      "word": "软弱无力"
    },
    {
      "word": "輕塵弱草"
    },
    {
      "word": "轻尘弱草"
    },
    {
      "word": "違強陵弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "违强陵弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chúqiángfúruò",
      "word": "鋤強扶弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chúqiángfúruò",
      "word": "锄强扶弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ànruò",
      "word": "闇弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ànruò",
      "word": "暗弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "面弱"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "會意",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "會意/会意",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han ideogrammic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ic",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "弓//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "bow",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "弓 (“bow”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "彡//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hair, meaning \"decoration\" in this case",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "彡 (“hair, meaning \"decoration\" in this case”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "弓",
        "2": "彡",
        "ls": "ic",
        "t1": "bow",
        "t2": "hair, meaning \"decoration\" in this case"
      },
      "expansion": "Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 弓 (“bow”) + 彡 (“hair, meaning \"decoration\" in this case”)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 弓 (“bow”) + 彡 (“hair, meaning \"decoration\" in this case”) - a decorative bow that is functionally inferior. Or it might be indicating that the bow is shaking, which implies a worn-out bow.\nAn alternate etymology is 𢎥 + 𢎥, 𢎥 being a variant of 卷.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "弱",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "weak, feeble",
          "roman": "ruǎnruò",
          "text": "軟弱/软弱",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "weak; feeble"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weak",
          "weak"
        ],
        [
          "feeble",
          "feeble"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fragile; delicate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fragile",
          "fragile"
        ],
        [
          "delicate",
          "delicate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ruò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ruo⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄖㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "joek⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngio̍k"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ngiŏ̤"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "iŏk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jio̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lio̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jia̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "riag⁸"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁸zaq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ruò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ruò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jo⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rwò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ruoh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "жо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "žo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeuhk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "joek⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yêg⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jœːk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngiog"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngiog⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋi̯ok̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngiŏ̤"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋiɔ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iŏk"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/yoʔ⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jio̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jioih"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ziɤʔ⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lio̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lioih"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lioʔ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lioʔ⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiok"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ziɔk̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liok"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɔk̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɔk̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jia̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiak"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ziak̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziak̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jia̍k"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziak̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁸zaq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zah^入"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵zaq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/zaʔ¹²/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nyak"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*newk/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*njewɢ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ lio̍h /"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ lio̍k /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jœːk̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋi̯ok̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋiɔ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/yoʔ⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ziɤʔ⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lioʔ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lioʔ⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ziɔk̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɔk̚²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɔk̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ziak̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziak̚¹²¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/lio̍k/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziak̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zaʔ¹²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*newk/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*njewɢ/"
    }
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      "roman": "dānbó",
      "word": "單薄"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dānbó",
      "word": "单薄"
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      "roman": "gūdān",
      "word": "孤單"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gūdān",
      "word": "孤单"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chánruò",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
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      "word": "孱弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wēiruò",
      "word": "微弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róuruò",
      "word": "柔弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shòuruò",
      "word": "瘦弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shòují",
      "word": "瘦瘠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "léiruò",
      "word": "羸弱"
    },
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      "roman": "cuìruò",
      "word": "脆弱"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      "word": "荏弱"
    },
    {
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      "word": "薄弱"
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    {
      "roman": "xūruò",
      "word": "虛弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xūruò",
      "word": "虚弱"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
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      "word": "虛荏"
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    {
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        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "虚荏"
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      "roman": "xūkuī",
      "word": "虛虧"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xūkuī",
      "word": "虚亏"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kuīruò",
      "word": "虧弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kuīruò",
      "word": "亏弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuāiruò",
      "word": "衰弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruǎnruò",
      "word": "軟弱"
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        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "軟䭕"
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        "Hokkien",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "软𬲕"
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      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "雌"
    },
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      "roman": "tǐruò",
      "word": "體弱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tǐruò",
      "word": "体弱"
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