# 削弱 (xuēruò)

In Mandarin Chinese, 削弱 (xuēruò) means “to weaken”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to weaken
- Pinyin: xuēruò (xue1 ruo4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 缺乏睡眠会削弱身体的免疫力。
  Quēfá shuìmián huì xuēruò shēntǐ de miǎnyìlì.
  Lack of sleep will weaken your immunity.

## Characters

- [削](https://hanziro.com/word/xue-pare/) (xuē): to pare; to cut down
- [弱](https://hanziro.com/word/ruo-weak/) (ruò): weak; feeble

https://hanziro.com/word/xue-ruo-weaken/

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