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削弱

削弱

Chinese

		to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down) to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down); to scrape	weak; feeble; young weak; feeble; young; inferior
simp. and trad. (削弱)		削	弱

Verb

削弱

to weaken; to cripple

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xuēruò, xuèruò

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝㄖㄨㄛˋ, ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soek³ joek⁶
Min Nan (POJ): siah-lio̍k / siah-jio̍k / siah-jia̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuēruò
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝㄖㄨㄛˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiueruoh
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ⁵⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuèruò
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehruoh
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soek³ joek⁶
  - Yale: seuk yeuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soek⁸ joek⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /sœːk̚³ jœːk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siah-lio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: siah-lio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siahliok
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕia(ʔ)⁵ liɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ liɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ liɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siah-jio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: siah-jio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siahjiok
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ d͡ʑiɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siah-jia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: siah-jia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siahjiak
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ d͡ʑiak̚¹²¹/