弱 (ruò) means Weak (feeble - young - inferior). Below are 15 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他抓住了对手的 弱 点。
Tā zhuāzhù le duìshǒu de ruòdiǎn.
He seized on his opponent's weakness.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 弱点
他的数学基础比较薄 弱 。
Tā de shùxué jīchǔ bǐjiào bóruò.
His grounding in maths is rather weak.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 薄弱
不要欺负比你 弱 小的人。
Bú yào qīfu bǐ nǐ ruòxiǎo de rén.
Do not bully those weaker than you.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 欺负
每个人都有自己的 弱 点。
Měi ge rén dōu yǒu zìjǐ de ruòdiǎn.
Everyone has their own weak points.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 弱点
这片湿地的生态很脆 弱 。
Zhè piàn shīdì de shēngtài hěn cuìruò.
The ecology of this wetland is fragile.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 生态
这里的生态环境非常脆 弱 。
Zhèlǐ de shēngtài huánjìng fēicháng cuìruò.
The ecology here is extremely fragile.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 脆弱
他脸色苍白，看上去很虚 弱 。
Tā liǎnsè cāngbái, kàn shàngqù hěn xūruò.
His face was pale and he looked very weak.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 苍白
这项措施削 弱 了他的影响力。
Zhè xiàng cuòshī xuēruò le tā de yǐngxiǎnglì.
This measure weakened his influence.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 削
连续的失败削 弱 了他的信心。
Liánxù de shībài xuēruò le tā de xìnxīn.
Repeated failure weakened his confidence.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 削弱
这项政策削 弱 了他们的优势。
Zhè xiàng zhèngcè xuēruò le tāmen de yōushì.
This policy weakened their advantage.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 削弱
这是整个计划中最薄 弱 的一环。
Zhè shì zhěnggè jìhuà zhōng zuì bóruò de yì huán.
This is the weakest link in the whole plan.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 薄弱
他表面坚强，内心其实很脆 弱 。
Tā biǎomiàn jiānqiáng, nèixīn qíshí hěn cuìruò.
He seems strong on the surface but is really quite fragile inside.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 脆弱
身体虚 弱 ，抵抗疾病的能力就差。
Shēntǐ xūruò, dǐkàng jíbìng de nénglì jiù chà.
A weak body has poor resistance to disease.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 抵抗
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Words that contain 弱
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How is 弱 used in a sentence?
This page shows 15 sentences using 弱 (ruò, "Weak (feeble - young - inferior)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 弱 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 弱 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 弱 an HSK word?
Yes — 弱 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 弱?
The dictionary page for 弱 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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