HSK 5 · Adjectives

弱 ruò “weak” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 弱 means

  1. weak
  2. feeble
  3. inferior
  4. young
  5. not as good as
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than

How to say 弱

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

弱 in a sentence

  1. 她最弱的科目是科学。

    Tā zuì ruò de kēmù shì kēxué.

    Her weakest subject is science.

    Sentence #1401706 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 谁都有弱点。

    Shéi dōu yǒu ruòdiǎn.

    Everybody has weaknesses.

    Sentence #8780285 from Tatoeba

  3. 叫声渐渐地变弱了。

    Jiàoshēng jiànjiàn de biàn ruò le.

    The shouting gradually faded.

    Sentence #534216 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 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 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 弱

弱 10 strokes

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

Words related to 弱

Words with 弱

削弱xuēruò · to weaken薄弱bóruò · weak脆弱cuìruò · fragile弱点ruòdiǎn · weakness

More words: Adjectives

青qīng · green清淡qīngdàn · light (of food全面quánmiàn · comprehensive热烈rèliè · enthusiastic傻shǎ · foolish善良shànliáng · good and honest深刻shēnkè · profound神秘shénmì · mysterious

FAQs

弱 (ruò) means “weak” or “feeble”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it ruò: ruò with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 弱 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ruo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 弱 from the suggestions. Typing ruo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
弱 is an HSK 5 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.