懦

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: no3
POJ: nò
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

adjective: cowardly, timid, sluggish; lazy
懦弱

Page distinguishes an obsolete literary Mandarin sense ('cowardly/weak') from a separately Hokkien-labeled colloquial sense ('sluggish/timid/lazy'); unclear which precisely corresponds to the given Teochew reading.

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