弱肉強食

See also: 弱肉强食

Chinese

		weak; feeble; young weak; feeble; young; inferior	meat; flesh	strength; force; power strength; force; power; powerful; better	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (弱肉強食)		弱	肉	強	食
simp. (弱肉强食)		弱	肉	强	食
Literally: “weak (is the) meat, strong eats (the meat); if you are weak, you are the meat; if you are strong, you eat the meat”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ruòròuqiángshí

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄡˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶ juk⁶ koeng⁴ sik⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ruòròuqiángshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄡˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ruòròuciángshíh
  - Wade–Giles: jo⁴-jou⁴-chʻiang²-shih²
  - Yale: rwò-ròu-chyáng-shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruohrowchyangshyr
  - Palladius: жожоуцянши (žožoucjanši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joek⁶ juk⁶ koeng⁴ sik⁶
  - Yale: yeuhk yuhk kèuhng sihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹ juk⁹ koeng⁴ sik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶ yug⁶ kêng⁴ xig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚² jʊk̚² kʰœːŋ²¹ sɪk̚²/

Proverb

弱肉強食

survival of the fittest; law of the jungle

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (弱肉強食):

→ Japanese: 弱(じゃく)肉(にく)強(きょう)食(しょく) (jakunikukyōshoku)
→ Korean: 약육강식(弱肉強食) (yagyukgangsik)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
弱	肉	強	食
じゃく Grade: 2	にく Grade: 2	きょう Grade: 2	しょく Grade: 2
kan'on	goon	kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じゃくにく・きょーしょく [jàkúníkú kyòóshókú] (Heiban + Heiban – [0]-[0])^[1]

(Tokyo) じゃくにくきょーしょく [jàkúníkú kyóóshókú] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑa̠kɯ̟ɲ̟ikɯ̟ kʲo̞ːɕo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

弱(じゃく)肉(にく)強(きょう)食(しょく) • (jakuniku kyōshoku) ^{←じゃくにくきょうしょく (zyakunikukyousyoku)^?}

law of the jungle
Synonym: 優勝劣敗 (yūshō reppai)

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
弱	肉	強	食

Noun

弱肉強食 • (yagyukgangsik) (hangeul 약육강식)

hanja form^? of 약육강식 (“law of the jungle”)