衰 shuāi
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 衣 — cloth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
衰老
shuāilǎo
to age, to grow old
Characters in this word
老 lǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 老 — old, aged
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 适度运动可以减缓身体衰老，但不能完全阻止它。 Shìdù yùndòng kěyǐ jiǎnhuǎn shēntǐ shuāilǎo, dàn bù néng wánquán zǔzhǐ tā. Moderate exercise can slow physical ageing, but it cannot stop it completely.
- 随着年纪增大，人的身体会慢慢衰老。 Suízhe niánjì zēngdà, rén de shēntǐ huì mànman shuāilǎo. As people grow older, their bodies slowly age.
- 看着父母日渐衰老，她心里很不是滋味。 Kànzhe fùmǔ rìjiàn shuāilǎo, tā xīnlǐ hěn bú shì zīwèi. Watching her parents grow older day by day, she felt a pang in her heart.
Related words
- 衰减 shuāijiǎn to attenuate; to weaken gradually
- 衰竭 shuāijié to fail; to become exhausted
- 衰落 shuāiluò to decline; to fall into decay
- 衰弱 shuāiruò weak; feeble; weakened
- 衰退 shuāituì to decline; to recede; recession
- 老师 lǎoshī teacher
- 老 lǎo old
- 老人 lǎorén old person, the elderly
- 老 lǎo always
- 老 lǎo respected (before names)
- 老年 lǎonián old age
- 老朋友 lǎopéngyou old friend