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

(Teochew, Peng'im): no³ riag⁸

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): /nwɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐwɔ⁵¹/
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/
Min Nan
- (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 d͡ʑiɔk̚¹²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: no³ riag⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nò jia̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /no²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡ziak̚⁴/

Adjective

懦弱

cowardly and weak

Synonyms

Synonyms of 懦弱

怯懦 (qiènuò)
熊 (xióng) (colloquial)
羞怯 (xiūqiè)
喪膽／丧胆 (sàngdǎn)
小膽／小胆 (Min Nan)
懾膽／慑胆 (Min Nan)

破膽／破胆 (Min Nan)
細膽／细胆 (Cantonese)
膽小／胆小 (dǎnxiǎo)
膽怯／胆怯 (dǎnqiè)
膽細／胆细 (Min Nan)
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)

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