短板

Chinese

		lack; short	board; plank; plate board; plank; plate; slab
trad. (短板)		短	板
simp. #(短板)		短	板

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duǎnbǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun² baan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duǎnbǎn [Phonetic: duánbǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duǎnbǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tuan³-pan³
    • Yale: dwǎn-bǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doanbaan
    • Palladius: дуаньбань (duanʹbanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dyun² baan²
    • Yale: dyún báan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dyn² baan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dün² ban²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn³⁵ paːn³⁵/

Noun

短板

1. (literally) short stave of a barrel (which allows the contents to escape)
2. (figurative) shortcoming; weak point

Synonyms

• (shortcoming): 弱點／弱点 (ruòdiǎn)