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懦弱

懦弱

Chinese

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

Adjective

懦弱

(literary) cowardly and weak

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): nuòruò

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): no⁶ joek⁶
Min Nan (POJ): ngǒ͘-lio̍k / ngō͘-lio̍k / ngō͘-jio̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: nuòruò
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuohruoh
  - IPA ^(key): /nu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: no⁶ joek⁶
  - Yale: noh yeuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: no⁶ joek⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /nɔː²² jœːk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngǒ͘-lio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: ngǒo-lio̍k
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋɔ²² liɔk̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngō͘-lio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: ngōo-lio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngoxliok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ŋɔ²²⁻²¹ liɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngō͘-jio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: ngōo-jio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngoxjiok
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ²²⁻²¹ d͡ʑiɔk̚¹²¹/