微薄

Chinese

		tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite	thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint
trad. (微薄)		微	薄
simp. ^#(微薄)		微	薄

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wēibó, wéibó

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄅㄛˊ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ bok⁶
Min Nan (POJ): bî-po̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
  - Pinyin: wēibó
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄅㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueibor
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    微博
    微薄
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)
  - Pinyin: wéibó
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weibor
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    圍脖／围脖
    微博
    微薄
    韋伯／韦伯
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ bok⁶
  - Yale: mèih bohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ bok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ bog⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ pɔːk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî-po̍k
  - Tâi-lô: bî-po̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bi'pok
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴⁻²² pɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴⁻²² pɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³⁻²² pɔk̚¹²¹/

Adjective

微薄

meager; scanty; negligible
儘我微薄之力 / 尽我微薄之力 ― jìn wǒ wēibó zhī lì ― to make my negligible contribution; to do my bit

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