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Weak in Chinese

weak · HSK 5

弱 ruò

她身体很弱,经常生病。 She is physically weak and often gets sick.

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How do you say weak in Chinese?

Weak in Chinese is 弱 (ruò). You can also say 薄弱 (bó ruò), 熊 (xióng), 薄 (báo), 淡 (dàn).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

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Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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