衰敗

Chinese

		weak; feeble; decline weak; feeble; decline; wane; mourning garments	be defeated; to defeat; loss
trad. (衰敗)		衰	敗
simp. (衰败)		衰	败

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuāibài

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄞ ㄅㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹ baai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soe-pāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuāibài
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄞ ㄅㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuaibài
    • Wade–Giles: shuai¹-pai⁴
    • Yale: shwāi-bài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuaibay
    • Palladius: шуайбай (šuajbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi¹ baai⁶
    • Yale: sēui baaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹ baai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹ bai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵ paːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soe-pāi
    • Tâi-lô: sue-pāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soe'pai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sue⁴⁴⁻²² pai²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sue³³ pai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sue⁴⁴⁻²² pai²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sue⁴⁴⁻³³ pai³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sue⁴⁴⁻³³ pai³³/

Verb

衰敗

1. to languish; to decay; to decline; to wane; to be at a low ebb

Synonyms

• 式微 (shìwēi) (literary)
• 敗落／败落 (bàiluò)
• 替 (tì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 沒落／没落 (mòluò)
• 淪落／沦落 (lúnluò)
• 漉柵／漉栅 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 破落 (pòluò) (in wealth and position)
• 衰微 (shuāiwēi) (literary)
• 衰落 (shuāiluò)
• 陵替 (língtì) (literary)
• 零落 (língluò)
• 露渣

 

Antonyms

• 興盛／兴盛 (xīngshèng)