短板

Chinese

		lack; short	board; plank; plate board; plank; plate; slab
trad. (短板)		短	板
simp. ^#(短板)		短	板

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): duǎnbǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun² baan²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duǎnbǎn [Phonetic: duánbǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duǎnbǎn
  - Wade–Giles: tuan³-pan³
  - Yale: dwǎn-bǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doanbaan
  - Palladius: дуаньбань (duanʹbanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /twän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dyun² baan²
  - Yale: dyún báan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dyn² baan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: dün² ban²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn³⁵ paːn³⁵/

Noun

短板

(literally) short stave of a barrel (which allows the contents to escape)
(figurative) shortcoming; weak point

Synonyms

(shortcoming): 弱點／弱点 (ruòdiǎn)

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