单薄 meaning in English

dānbó

weak; frail

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 單薄24 strokes

Meaning of 单薄

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dānbó
  1. weak
  2. frail
  3. thin
  4. flimsy

单薄 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

她tā衣yī衫shān单dān薄bó,恐kǒng会huì著zhù凉liáng。
She wore such thin clothes that she might well catch a cold.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

单 dān · bill · 8 strokes

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薄 báo · thin · 16 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 单薄.

名单míngdānlist of names
单位dānwèiunit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole)
菜单càidānmenu
简单jiǎndānsimple; not complicated
单元dānyuánunit (forming an entity); element
单独dāndúalone; by oneself
单纯dānchúnsimple; pure
单调dāndiàomonotonous
单一dānyīsingle; only
薄弱bóruòweak; frail
单打dāndǎsingles (in sports)
孤单gūdānlone; lonely

Questions about 单薄

What does 单薄 mean?

单薄 (dānbó) means "weak; frail" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 单薄?

单薄 is made of 2 characters: 单 (8 strokes), 薄 (16 strokes). That is 24 strokes in total.

Is 单薄 an HSK word?

Yes. 单薄 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 单薄 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 单薄 is written 單薄.