| 弱 | [ ruò ] weak, feeble, young, inferior, (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than |
| 弱不禁風 | [ ruò bù jīn fēng ] too weak to stand up to the wind (idiom); extremely delicate, fragile state of health |
| 弱作用 | [ ruò zuò yòng ] weak interaction (physics) |
| 弱作用力 | [ ruò zuò yòng lì ] the weak force (in particle physics) |
| 弱側 | [ ruò cè ] weak side, off side (sports) |
| 弱勢 | [ ruò shì ] vulnerable, weak |
| 弱勢群體 | [ ruò shì qún tǐ ] disadvantaged social groups (e.g. the handicapped), the economically and politically marginalized, the dispossessed |
| 弱化 | [ ruò huà ] weaken, make weaker |
| 弱受 | [ ruò shoù ] submissive, yielding, weak, opposite: 強攻|强攻, dominant |
| 弱小 | [ ruò ] small and weak, puny, the small and weak, children, women and children |
| 弱智 | [ ruò zhì ] weak-minded, mentally deficient, retarded |
| 弱爆 | [ ruò baò ] (slang) weak, pathetic, subpar, sucks |
| 弱相互作用 | [ ruò xiāng hù zuò yòng ] weak interaction (in particle physics), weak force |
| 弱聽 | [ ruò tīng ] hard of hearing, hearing-impaired |
| 弱肉強食 | [ ruò roù qiáng shí ] lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom); fig. predatory behavior, the law of the jungle |
| 弱脈 | [ ruò maì ] weak pulse |
| 弱視 | [ ruò shì ] amblyopia |
| 弱酸 | [ ruò suān ] weak acid |
| 弱電統一 | [ ruò diàn tǒng yī ] electro-weak interaction in fermion particle physics |
| 弱音踏板 | [ ruò yīn tà bǎn ] soft pedal (on piano), una corda pedal |
| 弱鹼 | [ ruò jiǎn ] weak base (alkali) |
| 弱點 | [ ruò diǎn ] weak point, failing |
| ⇒ 不甘示弱 | [ bù gān shì ruò ] not to be outdone |
| ⇒ 以弱勝強 | [ yǐ ruò shèng qiáng ] using the weak to defeat the strong (idiom); to win from a position of weakness |
| ⇒ 以強凌弱 | [ yǐ qiáng líng ruò ] to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom) |
| ⇒ 削弱 | [ xuē ruò ] to weaken, to impair, to cripple |
| ⇒ 國弱民窮 | [ guó ruò mín qióng ] the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom) |
| ⇒ 嬌弱 | [ ruò ] delicate |
| ⇒ 孱弱 | [ chán ruò ] delicate, frail, impotent, weak |
| ⇒ 年老體弱 | [ nián laǒ tǐ ruò ] old and weak (idiom) |
| ⇒ 強將手下無弱兵 | [ qiáng jiàng shoǔ xià wú ruò bīng ] there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom) |
| ⇒ 強弱 | [ qiáng ruò ] strong or weak, intensity, amount of force or pressure |
| ⇒ 微弱 | [ weī ruò ] weak, faint, feeble |
| ⇒ 怯弱 | [ qiè ruò ] timid, weak |
| ⇒ 恃強凌弱 | [ shì qiáng líng ruò ] see 恃強欺弱|恃强欺弱[shi4 qiang2 qi1 ruo4] |
| ⇒ 恃強欺弱 | [ shì qiáng qī ruò ] to use one's strength to mistreat people (idiom), to bully |
| ⇒ 愚弱 | [ yú ruò ] ignorant and feeble |
| ⇒ 懦弱 | [ nuò ruò ] cowardly, weak |
| ⇒ 扶弱抑強 | [ fú ruò yì qiáng ] to support the weak and restrain the strong (idiom); robbing the rich to help the poor |
| ⇒ 柔弱 | [ roú ruò ] weak, delicate |
| ⇒ 減弱 | [ jiǎn ruò ] to weaken, to fall off |
| ⇒ 漸弱 | [ jiàn ruò ] to fade out, gradually weakening, diminuendo, decrescendo |
| ⇒ 疲弱 | [ pí ruò ] tired, weak, exhausted |
| ⇒ 病弱 | [ bìng ruò ] sick and weak, sickly, invalid |
| ⇒ 瘦弱 | [ shoù ruò ] thin and weak |
| ⇒ 示弱 | [ shì ruò ] not to fight back, to take it lying down, to show weakness, to show one's softer side |
| ⇒ 神經衰弱 | [ shén jīng ruò ] (euphemism) mental illness, psychasthenia |
| ⇒ 稚弱 | [ zhì ruò ] immature and feeble |
| ⇒ 積弱 | [ jī ruò ] cumulative weakness, to decline (over time), degeneration |
| ⇒ 精神衰弱 | [ jīng shén ruò ] psychasthenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder |
| ⇒ 纖弱 | [ xiān ruò ] fragile, delicate |
| ⇒ 羸弱 | [ leí ruò ] frail, weak |
| ⇒ 能弱能強 | [ néng ruò néng qiáng ] to be either weak or strong both have their purpose (idiom) |
| ⇒ 脆弱 | [ cuì ruò ] weak, frail |
| ⇒ 色弱 | [ sè ruò ] partial color blindness, color weakness |
| ⇒ 薄弱 | [ bó ruò ] weak, frail |
| ⇒ 薄弱環節 | [ bó ruò huán jié ] weak link, loophole |
| ⇒ 虛弱 | [ xū ruò ] weak, in poor health |
| ⇒ 衰弱 | [ ruò ] weak, feeble |
| ⇒ 貧弱 | [ pín ruò ] poor and feeble |
| ⇒ 軟弱 | [ ruǎn ruò ] weak, feeble, flabby |
| ⇒ 違強凌弱 | [ weí qiáng líng ruò ] to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully, also written 違強陵弱|违强陵弱 |
| ⇒ 違強陵弱 | [ weí qiáng líng ruò ] to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully |
| ⇒ 鋤強扶弱 | [ chú qiáng fú ruò ] to root out the strong and support the weak (idiom); to rob the rich and give to the poor |
| ⇒ 體弱 | [ tǐ ruò ] debility |
| ⇒ 體弱多病 | [ tǐ ruò duō bìng ] prone to illness, sickly, in fragile health |
