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弱势

ruò shì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 弱勢

弱势 (ruò shì) means "vulnerable; weak". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 弱势 means

1. vulnerable
2. weak

The characters in 弱势

• 弱ruòweak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as
• 势shìpower; influence; potential

Example sentences

• 四月是全国弱势团体医疗月。
  Sìyuè shì quánguó ruòshì tuántǐ yīliáo yuè.
  April is the national minority health month.

Words starting with 弱势

• 弱势群体ruò shì qún tǐdisadvantaged social groups (e.g. the handicapped)…

Sounds the same

Read ruò shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 若是if
• 弱视amblyopia

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read ruò shì correctly.
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