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萎

wěi

HSK 6 Character

What 萎 means

1. to wither
2. to drop
3. to decline
4. spiritless
5. Taiwan pr. wēi

Example sentences

• 鲜花因缺水而枯萎
  The flowers withered for want of water.
• 水果放久了，就会萎缩。
  Fruit that has been left for a long time will shrink.
• 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.
• 台币上涨，造成台湾的出口贸易萎糜不振。
  Táibì shàngzhǎng, zàochéng Táiwān de chūkǒu màoyì wěi méi bù zhèn.
  The Taiwanese dollar appreciated, causing Taiwanese exports to slump.
• 台币上涨，造成台湾的出口贸易萎靡不振。
  The Taiwanese dollar appreciated, causing Taiwanese exports to slump.

Words starting with 萎

• 萎缩wěi suōto wither; to dry up (of a plant); to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)
• 萎靡wěi mǐlistless; dispirited; lacking in vigor; languishing
• 萎靡不振wěi mǐ bù zhèndispirited and listless (idiom); downcast
• 萎叶wěi yèbetel
• 萎蕤wěi ruíangular Solomon's seal (Polygonatum odoratum)

Words containing 萎

• 枯萎kū wěito wilt; to wither; wilted
• 枯萎病kū wěi bìngblight
• 哲人其萎zhé rén qí wěia wise man has passed away (idiom)
• 肌肉萎缩症jī ròu wěi suō zhèngmuscular dystrophy
• 颓萎tuí wěilistless; dispirited
• 阳萎yáng wěivariant of 阳痿

Characters built on 委

These share the phonetic component 委 (wěi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 魏wèitower over a palace gateway (old)
• 痿wěiatrophy
• 诿wěito shirk; to give excuses
• 逶wēiused in 逶迤

Characters that look like 萎

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 婴yīnginfant; baby
• 番fān(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for processes or actions that…
• 娶qǔto take a wife; to marry (a woman)
• 晏yànlate; quiet
• 幂mì(math) power; exponent; to cover with a cloth; cloth cover; veil
• 莠yǒuSetaria viridis; vicious

Sounds the same

Read wěi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 委to entrust; to cast aside; to shift (blame etc)
• 伟big; large; great
• 尾tail; remainder; remnant
• 伪false; fake; forged
• 纬latitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft
• 唯yes
• 苇reed; rush; Phragmites communis
• 玮(reddish jade); precious; rare
• 娓used in 娓娓
• 炜glowing; bright; brilliant
• 猥humble; rustic; plentiful
• 痿atrophy