衰 shuāi
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 衣 — cloth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
衰退
shuāituì
to decline; to recede; recession
Characters in this word
退 tuì
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 艮 blunt
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 全球需求衰退导致出口订单锐减，许多工厂被迫缩短工时。 Quánqiú xūqiú shuāituì dǎozhì chūkǒu dìngdān ruìjiǎn, xǔduō gōngchǎng bèipò suōduǎn gōngshí. The decline in global demand caused export orders to drop sharply, forcing many factories to shorten working hours.
- 随着年龄增长，人的记忆力会慢慢衰退。 Suízhe niánlíng zēngzhǎng, rén de jìyìlì huì mànmàn shuāituì. As a person ages, their memory slowly declines.
- 经济衰退期间，许多公司减少开支，暂停招聘。 Jīngjì shuāituì qījiān, xǔduō gōngsī jiǎnshǎo kāizhī, zàntíng zhāopìn. During the economic downturn, many companies cut expenses and paused hiring.
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
- 衰落 shuāiluò to decline; to fall into decay
- 衰弱 shuāiruò weak; feeble; weakened
- 退 tuì to step back; to return
- 退出 tuìchū to leave; to withdraw
- 退休 tuìxiū to retire
- 后退 hòutuì to retreat, to move back
- 退税 tuìshuì tax refund
- 撤退 chètuì to retreat; to withdraw
- 辞退 cítuì to dismiss; to fire