懦弱

Mandarin · pinyin nuò ruò

Meanings

  1. cowardly; weak
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懦
nuò · weak, timid, cowardly
弱
ruò · weak; fragile, delicate
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4–4 · nuo4 ruo4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

no6 joek6

Cantonese word readings for 懦弱. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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no6 joek6

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adj

  1. cowardly and weak
  2. (Hokkien) spiritless and lazy; without energy; lackadaisical; indolent; listless; weak-willed; languid

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