衰 shuāi
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 衣 — cloth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
衰减
shuāijiǎn
to attenuate; to weaken gradually
Characters in this word
减 jiǎn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 冫 — ice
- Made of
- 冫 ice 咸 all, together, united
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 信号在穿过厚重墙体后明显衰减，导致设备无法稳定联网。 Xìnhào zài chuānguò hòuzhòng qiángtǐ hòu míngxiǎn shuāijiǎn, dǎozhì shèbèi wúfǎ wěndìng liánwǎng. The signal weakened noticeably after passing through the thick wall, causing the device to lose stable network access.
- 随着距离增加，信号的强度逐渐衰减。 Suízhe jùlí zēngjiā, xìnhào de qiángdù zhújiàn shuāijiǎn. As the distance increases, the strength of the signal gradually weakens.
- 年纪大了，人的听力会逐渐衰减。 Niánjì dà le, rén de tīnglì huì zhújiàn shuāijiǎn. As one gets older, one's hearing gradually deteriorates.
Related words
- 衰老 shuāilǎo to age, to grow old
- 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
- 减 jiǎn to reduce; to subtract
- 减肥 jiǎnféi to lose weight
- 减少 jiǎnshǎo to reduce; to decrease
- 减轻 jiǎnqīng to reduce; to ease
- 减弱 jiǎnruò to weaken, to diminish
- 减压 jiǎnyā to reduce pressure
- 减负 jiǎnfù to reduce burdens