HSK 6 · Adjectives

脆弱 cuìruò “fragile” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 脆弱 means

  1. fragile
  2. weak
  3. frail

How to say 脆弱

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale脆cuì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale弱ruò4th tone, falling

脆弱 in a sentence

  1. 我们的爱情就像肥皂泡一样脆弱。

    Wǒmen de àiqíng jiù xiàng féizàopào yíyàng cuìruò.

    Our love was as fragile as a soap bubble.

    Sentence #13998248 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我们还是脆弱不堪。

    Wǒmen háishi cuìruò bùkān.

    We’re still extremely vulnerable.

    Sentence #5613651 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 脆弱 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 脆 (cuì) with each of its parts in a different colour
脆cuìbrittle
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròu
  • 危dangerous · wēi
The character 弱 (ruò) with each of its parts in a different colour
弱ruòweak; feeble
  • 弓bow · gōng
  • 冫ice · bīng
  • 弓bow · gōng
  • 冫ice · bīng

How to write 脆弱

脆 10 strokes · 弱 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

脆弱 (cuìruò) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 脆弱 (cuìruò). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 脆弱

Words with 脆

干脆gāncuì · simply

Words with 弱

弱ruò · weak削弱xuēruò · to weaken薄弱bóruò · weak弱点ruòdiǎn · weakness

More words: Adjectives

纯粹chúncuì · pure纯洁chúnjié · pure慈祥cíxiáng · kindly从容cóngróng · calm粗鲁cūlǔ · rude得力délì · capable得天独厚détiāndúhòu · richly endowed by nature典型diǎnxíng · typical

FAQs

脆弱 (cuìruò) means “fragile” or “weak”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cuìruò: cuì with a 4th tone, then ruò with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 脆弱 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type cuiruo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 脆弱 from the suggestions. Typing cuiruo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
脆弱 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.