衰 shuāi
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 衣 — cloth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
衰竭
shuāijié
to fail; to become exhausted
Characters in this word
竭 jié
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 立 — to stand
- Made of
- 立 to stand 曷 what, why, where, which, how
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 长期过度开采使地下水系统接近衰竭，周边农田也受到影响。 Chángqī guòdù kāicǎi shǐ dìxiàshuǐ xìtǒng jiējìn shuāijié, zhōubiān nóngtián yě shòudào yǐngxiǎng. Long-term over-extraction has brought the groundwater system close to exhaustion, affecting nearby farmland as well.
- 爷爷年纪大了，心脏已经开始衰竭，家人都很担心。 Yéye niánjì dà le, xīnzàng yǐjīng kāishǐ shuāijié, jiārén dōu hěn dānxīn. Grandpa is getting old, his heart has already begun to fail, and the whole family is very worried.
- 这片土地因过度使用而衰竭，产量一年比一年低。 Zhè piàn tǔdì yīn guòdù shǐyòng ér shuāijié, chǎnliàng yī nián bǐ yī nián dī. This land has become exhausted from overuse, and yields drop year after year.
Related words
- 衰老 shuāilǎo to age, to grow old
- 衰减 shuāijiǎn to attenuate; to weaken gradually
- 衰落 shuāiluò to decline; to fall into decay
- 衰弱 shuāiruò weak; feeble; weakened
- 衰退 shuāituì to decline; to recede; recession
- 竭尽全力 jiéjìnquánlì to do one's utmost
- 竭力 jiélì to try one's utmost; with all one's might
- 精疲力竭 jīngpílìjié exhausted; worn out
- 枯竭 kūjié depleted; exhausted
- 跳动 tiàodòng to beat; to pulsate; to jump
- 胀 zhàng to swell; swollen; bloated
- 虚弱 xūruò weak; feeble