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衰

shuāi

HSK 6 Character

What 衰 means

1. bound formto decay; to decline; to wane

Other readings

衰 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• cuīvariant of {缞|cuī}

Example sentences

• 没有人能逃过衰老。
  Méiyǒu rén néng táo guo shuāilǎo.
  No one can escape growing old.
• 他的威信日渐衰落。
  His prestige is fading.
• 衰老不得，智慧不得不得。
  Don't get older, get wiser.
• 近几年，很多当地的传统都衰败了。
  Jìn jǐnián, hěn duō dāngdì de chuántǒng dōu shuāibài le.
  Many local traditions have fallen into decay in recent years.
• 我们不能愁闷地看着这个城市就这样衰退下去。
  Wǒmen bù néng chóumèn de kàn zhe zhège chéngshì jiù zhèyàng shuāituì xiàqù.
  We can't just look on dejectedly while this city continues to go into decline.
• 他们观察到她随着病情变化身体也渐渐衰弱下去。
  Tāmen guānchá dào tā suí zhe bìngqíng biànhuà shēntǐ yě jiànjiàn shuāiruò xiàqù.
  They watched her gradually weaken as the disease progressed.

Words starting with 衰

• 衰老shuāi lǎoto age; to deteriorate with age; old and weak
• 衰退shuāi tuìto decline; to fall; to drop
• 衰落shuāi luòto fall; to drop; to decline
• 衰弱shuāi ruòweak; feeble
• 衰败shuāi bàito decline; to wane; to decay
• 衰竭shuāi jiéorgan failure; exhaustion; prostration (medicine)
• 衰减shuāi jiǎnto weaken; to attenuate
• 衰亡shuāi wángto decline; to die out; decline and fall
• 衰人shuāi rénloser; jerk
• 衰微shuāi wēito decline; to wane; weakened; enfeebled; in decline
• 衰变shuāi biànradioactive decay
• 衰运shuāi yùndecline in fortunes
• 衰迈shuāi màiaged; decrepit
• 衰变热shuāi biàn rèdecay heat
• 衰变链shuāi biàn liàndecay chain
• 衰退期shuāi tuì qīrecession (in economics)
• 衰之以属shuāi zhī yǐ shǔto treat a debility according to its nature
• 衰变曲线shuāi biàn qū xiàndecay curves
• 衰朽shuāi xiǔdecaying; decrepit; aged and crumbling
• 衰颓shuāi tuíuninspired; dejected; discouraged

Words containing 衰

• 兴衰xīng shuāiprosperity and decline (of a kingdom); rise and fall
• 不衰bù shuāiunfailing; never weakening; enduring
• 神经衰弱shén jīng shuāi ruònervous exhaustion; neurasthenia; mental breakdown…
• 经久不衰jīng jiǔ bù shuāiunfailing; never-ending
• 唱衰chàng shuāito express pessimistic views about (sth)
• 早衰zǎo shuāito age prematurely; premature senescence
• 盛衰shèng shuāito flourish then decline; rise and fall
• 半衰期bàn shuāi qī(physics) half-life
• 光纤衰减guāng xiān shuāi jiǎnoptical attenuation
• 国势日衰guó shì rì shuāinational decline
• 年老力衰nián lǎo lì shuāiold and weak (idiom)
• 未老先衰wèi lǎo xiān shuāito age prematurely
• 由盛转衰yóu shèng zhuǎn shuāifrom prosperity to decline; at its peak before the decline
• 精神衰弱jīng shén shuāi ruòpsychasthenia; obsessive-compulsive disorder
• 经济衰退jīng jì shuāi tuì(economic) recession
• 放射性衰变fàng shè xìng shuāi biànradioactive decay
• 热衰竭rè shuāi jiéheat exhaustion
• 心力衰竭xīn lì shuāi jiéheart failure
• 再衰三竭zài shuāi sān jiéweakening and close to exhaustion (idiom); in terminal decline; on one's last legs

Characters that look like 衰

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

• 章zhāngchapter; section; clause
• 拿náto hold; to seize; to catch
• 衷zhōnginner feelings
• 巢cháonest
• 栗lì(literary) cold; chilly; (bound form) to tremble with fear
• 衮gǔnimperial robe

Sounds the same

Read shuāi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 摔to throw down; to fall; to drop and break