| ruò | weak/feeble/young/inferior |
| 弱 | weak feeble young |
| 弱不禁风 | too weak to stand up to the wind (idiom); extremely delicate fragile state of health |
| 弱不胜衣 | extremely fragile and weak |
| 弱作用 | weak interaction |
| 弱作用力 | the weak force (in particle physics) |
| 弱侧 | weak side off side (sports) |
| 弱冠 | young man of around twenty |
| 弱刺激 | weak stimulation |
| 弱势 | vulnerable weak |
| 弱势团体 | a disadvantaged minority |
| 弱势群体 | disadvantaged social groups (e.g. the handicapped) the economically and politically marginalized the dispossessed |
| 弱化 | weaken make weaker |
| 弱受 | submissive yielding weak |
| 弱听 | amblyacousia |
| 弱小 | small and weak puny a child |
| 弱小的 | puny; vulnerale |
| 弱弱强格 | (of poetry) anapaest |
| 弱手 | incompetent person |
| 弱拍 | upbeat; offbeat |
| 弱效镇定剂 | [Pharmacy] minor tranquilizer |