衰
shuāi
(bound form) to decay; to decline; to wane
Clothing (衣) with a hole (口) and one (一) tear = decay and decline
The character depicts a garment (衣) with an opening or hole (口) crossed by a single stroke (一), evoking tattered, worn-out clothing — the visual image of something falling apart through long use.
这座城市慢慢走向衰落。
zhè zuò chéng shì màn màn zǒu xiàng shuāi luò。
This city is slowly heading toward decline.
经济衰退让很多人失去了工作。
jīng jì shuāi tuì ràng hěn duō rén shī qù le gōng zuò。
The economic recession caused many people to lose their jobs.
Words with 衰
经济衰退
jīng jì shuāi tuì
(economic) recession
神经衰弱
shén jīng shuāi ruò
nervous exhaustion; neurasthenia; mental breakdown (often used to describe what is now understood to be clinical depression)
不衰
bù shuāi
unfailing
光纤衰减
guāng xiān shuāi jiǎn
optical attenuation
再衰三竭
zài shuāi sān jié
weakening and close to exhaustion (idiom); in terminal decline
半衰期
bàn shuāi qī
(physics) half-life
唱衰
chàng shuāi
to express pessimistic views about (sth)
国势日衰
guó shì rì shuāi
national decline
年老力衰
nián lǎo lì shuāi
old and weak (idiom)
心力衰竭
xīn lì shuāi jié
heart failure
放射性衰变
fàng shè xìng shuāi biàn
radioactive decay
早衰
zǎo shuāi
to age prematurely