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弱

ruò

HSK 5 Character

What 弱 means

1. weak; feeble
2. young
3. inferior; not as good as
4. (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than

Example sentences

• 弱肉强食。
  Ruòròuqiángshí.
  The weak are food for the strong.
• 克服弱点。
  Overcome weakness.
• 谁都有弱点。
  Shéi dōu yǒu ruòdiǎn.
  Everyone has points of weakness.
• 风暴减弱了。
  Fēngbào jiǎnruò le.
  The storm abated.
• 她天生体弱。
  Tā tiānshēng tǐruò.
  She is weak by nature.
• 我感到虚弱。
  I feel weak.

Words starting with 弱

• 弱点ruò diǎnweak point; failing
• 弱势ruò shìvulnerable; weak
• 弱智ruò zhìweak-minded; mentally deficient; retarded
• 弱小ruò xiǎosmall and weak; puny; the small and weak; children; women and children
• 弱化ruò huàweaken; make weaker
• 弱项ruò xiàngone's weak area
• 弱不禁风ruò bù jīn fēng(lit.) too weak to stand up to the wind (idiom); (fig.) extremely delicate; fragile
• 弱肉强食ruò ròu qiáng shí(lit.) the weak are prey to the strong (idiom); (fig.) the law of the jungle
• 弱旅ruò lǚ(sports) weak team; underdog (team)
• 弱听ruò tīnghard of hearing; hearing-impaired
• 弱视ruò shìamblyopia
• 弱作用ruò zuò yòng(physics) weak interaction
• 弱作用力ruò zuò yòng lìthe weak force (in particle physics)
• 弱势群体ruò shì qún tǐdisadvantaged social groups (e.g. the handicapped)…
• 弱相互作用ruò xiāng hù zuò yòngweak interaction (in particle physics); weak force
• 弱爆ruò bào(slang) weak; pathetic; subpar
• 弱侧ruò cèweak side; off side (sports)
• 弱酸ruò suānweak acid
• 弱脉ruò màiweak pulse
• 弱音踏板ruò yīn tà bǎnsoft pedal (on piano); una corda pedal
• 弱碱ruò jiǎnweak base (alkali)
• 弱电统一ruò diàn tǒng yīelectro-weak interaction in fermion particle physics

Words containing 弱

• 脆弱cuì ruòweak; frail
• 薄弱bó ruòweak; frail
• 削弱xuē ruòto weaken; to impair; to cripple
• 虚弱xū ruòweak; in poor health
• 微弱wēi ruòweak; faint; feeble
• 软弱ruǎn ruòweak; feeble; flabby
• 瘦弱shòu ruòthin and weak
• 柔弱róu ruòweak; delicate
• 减弱jiǎn ruòto weaken; to diminish
• 懦弱nuò ruòcowardly; weak
• 衰弱shuāi ruòweak; feeble
• 示弱shì ruònot to fight back; to take it lying down; to show weakness
• 强弱qiáng ruòstrong or weak; intensity; amount of force or pressure
• 神经衰弱shén jīng shuāi ruònervous exhaustion; neurasthenia; mental breakdown…
• 不甘示弱bù gān shì ruò(idiom) not to be outdone
• 体弱多病tǐ ruò duō bìngprone to illness; sickly; in fragile health
• 孱弱chán ruòdelicate; frail; impotent; weak
• 纤弱xiān ruòfragile; delicate
• 娇弱jiāo ruòdelicate
• 病弱bìng ruòsick and weak; sickly; invalid
• 积弱jī ruòcumulative weakness; to decline (over time); degeneration
• 色弱sè ruòpartial color blindness; color weakness
• 贫弱pín ruòpoor and feeble
• 体弱tǐ ruòdebility

Characters that look like 弱

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 载zǎito record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. zài
• 敏mǐn(bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
• 颇pōrather; quite; considerably
• 猖chāngferocious
• 掂diānto weigh in the hand; to estimate
• 脲niàocarbamide; urea (NH2)2CO; also written 尿素

Sounds the same

Read ruò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 若to seem; like; as
• 偌so; such; to such a degree
• 箬(bamboo); skin of bamboo
• 蒻young rush (Typha japonica), a kind of cattail
• 篛cuticle of bamboo plant
• 鄀place name
• 鶸siskin
• 爇burn; heat
• 叒old variant of 若; obedient; ancient mythical tree