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薄弱

薄弱

Chinese

		thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint	weak; feeble; young weak; feeble; young; inferior
simp. and trad. (薄弱)		薄	弱

Adjective

薄弱

(of one's willpower) weak, lacking

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): bóruò

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bok⁶ joek⁶
Min Nan (POJ): po̍k-jio̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: bóruò
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borruoh
  - IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bok⁶ joek⁶
  - Yale: bohk yeuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁹ joek⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚² jœːk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-jio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: po̍k-jio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pogjiok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pɔk̚⁴⁻²¹ d͡ʑiɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚²⁴⁻²² d͡ʑiɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡ʑiɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² d͡ʑiɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² d͡ʑiɔk̚⁴/