衰 shuāi
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 衣 — cloth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
衰落
shuāiluò
to decline; to fall into decay
Characters in this word
落 luò
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 洛 a river in the Shanxi province
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这个曾经繁荣的港口在航线转移后迅速衰落。 Zhège céngjīng fánróng de gǎngkǒu zài hángxiàn zhuǎnyí hòu xùnsù shuāiluò. This once-prosperous port declined rapidly after the shipping routes shifted.
- 随着年轻人纷纷进城，这个村庄渐渐衰落了。 Suízhe niánqīngrén fēnfēn jìnchéng, zhège cūnzhuāng jiànjiàn shuāiluò le. As young people moved to the city one after another, this village gradually declined.
- 由于新技术出现，这个行业从鼎盛走向衰落。 Yóuyú xīn jìshù chūxiàn, zhège hángyè cóng dǐngshèng zǒuxiàng shuāiluò. Because new technology emerged, this industry went from its heyday into decline.
Related words
- 衰老 shuāilǎo to age, to grow old
- 衰减 shuāijiǎn to attenuate; to weaken gradually
- 衰竭 shuāijié to fail; to become exhausted
- 衰弱 shuāiruò weak; feeble; weakened
- 衰退 shuāituì to decline; to recede; recession
- 落后 luòhòu to fall behind
- 降落 jiàngluò to land
- 落 luò to fall; to set
- 落 là to leave out; to miss
- 落实 luòshí to carry out
- 角落 jiǎoluò corner
- 落地 luòdì to land