弱小

Chinese

 
weak; feeble; young
weak; feeble; young; inferior
 
small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
simp. and trad.
(弱小)
弱 小

Pronunciation


Adjective

弱小

  1. small and weak; puny

Synonyms

  • (literary, or in compounds) 劣 (liè)

Noun

弱小

  1. the small and weak

Japanese

Kanji in this term
弱 小
じゃく
Grade: 2
しょう
Grade: 1
kan’on on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) じゃくしょー [jàkúshóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑa̠kɯ̟ᵝɕo̞ː]

Noun

弱(じゃく)小(しょう) • (jakushō) ←じやくせう (zyakuseu)?

  1. the small and weak
    Antonym: 強大 (kyōdai)
    弱(じゃく)小(しょう)国(こっ)家(か)
    jakushō kokka
    a lesser nation
  2. the young, juvenile
    Synonyms: 弱年 (jakunen), 年少 (nenshō)

Adjective

弱(じゃく)小(しょう) • (jakushō) ←じやくせう (zyakuseu)?-na (adnominal 弱(じゃく)小(しょう)な (jakushō na), adverbial 弱(じゃく)小(しょう)に (jakushō ni))

  1. small and weak
  2. young, juvenile

Inflection

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
弱小

Noun

弱小 • (yakso) (hangeul 약소)

  1. Hanja form? of 약소.
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