Chinese symbol for “dispossessed”
弱势群体
ruò shì qún tǐ
Traditional: 弱勢群體
disadvantaged social groups (e.g. the handicapped); the economically and politically marginalized; the dispossessed
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dispossessed is 弱势群体 (ruò shì qún tǐ), defined as: disadvantaged social groups (e.g. the handicapped); the economically and politically marginalized; the dispossessed.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 弱势群体.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脆弱 | cuì ruò | weak; frail |
| 削弱 | xuē ruò | to weaken; to impair |
| 弱点 (弱點) | ruò diǎn | weak point; failing |
| 减弱 (減弱) | jiǎn ruò | to weaken; to diminish |
| 软弱 (軟弱) | ruǎn ruò | weak; feeble |
| 弱势 (弱勢) | ruò shì | vulnerable; weak |
| 优势 (優勢) | yōu shì | superiority; dominance |
| 势力 (勢力) | shì li | power; influence |
| 群众 (群眾) | qún zhòng | mass; multitude |
| 媒体 (媒體) | méi tǐ | media, esp. news media |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.