貧弱

See also: 贫弱

Chinese

poor
 
weak; feeble; young
weak; feeble; young; inferior
trad. (貧弱)
simp. (贫弱)

Pronunciation


Adjective

貧弱

  1. poor and weak; impoverished and decrepit

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひん
Grade: 5
じゃく
Grade: 2
kan’on

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 貧弱 (MC bˠiɪn ȵɨɐk̚, literally “poor + weak”). Compare modern Mandarin 貧弱贫弱 (pínruò, “poor and weak”).

Alternatively, may have been coined in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived elements (hin, poor) + (jaku, weak).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んじゃく [hìńjákú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [çĩɲ̟d͡ʑa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Adjective

(ひん)(じゃく) (hinjaku) ひんじやく (finzyaku)?-na (adnominal (ひん)(じゃく) (hinjaku na), adverbial (ひん)(じゃく) (hinjaku ni))

  1. poor, feeble, scanty
    (じょう)(きょう)は、(かれ)(ひん)(じゃく)()()では(ひょう)(げん)できるものではなかった。
    Jōkyō wa, kare no hinjaku na goi de wa hyōgen dekiru mono de wa na katta.
    With his poor vocabulary, he/she was unable to explain the situation in words.
    (literally, “The situation was not a thing that could be described in his/her poor vocabulary.”)

Inflection

Antonyms

Noun

(ひん)(じゃく) (hinjaku) ひんじやく (finzyaku)?

  1. meagerness, scantiness

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

貧弱 (binyak) (hangeul 빈약)

  1. Hanja form? of 빈약 (poorness; meagreness).
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