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枯萎

kū wěi

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

枯萎 (kū wěi) means "to wilt; to wither; wilted". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 枯萎 means

1. to wilt
2. to wither
3. wilted
4. withered
5. drained
6. enervated
7. exhausted

The characters in 枯萎

• 枯kū(of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring
• 萎wěito wither; to drop; to decline

Example sentences

• 鲜花因缺水而枯萎
  The flowers withered for want of water.
• 所有花园里的花朵都枯萎了。
  Suǒyǒu huāyuán lǐ de huāduǒ dōu kūwěi le.
  All the flowers in the garden withered.
• 我花园里的花在寒冷的天气下枯萎了。
  Wǒ huāyuán lǐ de huā zài hánlěng de tiānqì xià kūwěi le.
  The flowers in my garden have withered in the cold.

Words starting with 枯萎

• 枯萎病kū wěi bìngblight

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