Chinese Word: 衰 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

衰Polyphone (多音字)HSK 6

Antonyms: 盛兴

Total strokes: 10; Radical: 衣

Ideographic:A person in a robe 衣 with an injury 一 to his head 口

Character Formation:

⿻ Overlaid
- 衣 [ yī ] cloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat
- ⿻ Overlaid
  - 口 [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
  - 一 [ yī ] one; a, an; alone

Similar Characters: 袁

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Pinyin: cuī

English Definition:mourning garments

Pinyin: shuāi

English Definition:to decline; to wane; to become weak or feeble

Chinese Definition:
①事物发展转向微弱：衰微。衰弱。衰老。盛(shéng)衰。兴(xīng)衰。
②兴盛。

Example Words:

衰退HSK 6	shuāi tuì	to decline; to fall; to drop; to falter; a decline; recession (in economics)
衰老HSK 6	shuāi lǎo	to age; to deteriorate with age; old and weak
兴衰	xīng shuāi	prosperity and decline (of a kingdom); rise and fall
衰落	shuāi luò	to fall; to drop; to decline; to deteriorate; to go downhill
衰竭	shuāi jié	organ failure; exhaustion; prostration (medicine)

1		luó mǎ dì guó 罗马帝国 wèi hé 为何 shuāi wáng 衰亡？ What made the Roman Empire decay?
2		jīng jì 经济 cì jī 刺激 jì huà 计划 zhǐ zài 旨在 duì kàng 对抗 shī yè 失业 hé 和 jīng jì 经济 shuāi tuì 衰退。 The economic stimulus plan aims to combat unemployment and economic recession.
3		zhè 这 fú 幅 huà 画 shì 是 yóu 由 zhù míng 著名 huà jiā 画家 suǒ 所 chuàng zuò 创作， tā 他 de 的 zuò pǐn 作品 fēng gé 风格 jīng jiǔ bù shuāi 经久不衰。 This painting was created by a famous painter, and his works have stood the test of time.