衰 (cuī) — decline; wane; feeble; declining
Definition
Bound morpheme meaning 'decline, wane' — almost never used alone; you will see it in compounds like 衰弱, 衰退, 衰败 (weaken, decline, decay). Read as cuī only in this form; the surname reading is shuāi.
bound form
declinewanefeebledeclining
Examples
- Tā de shēn tǐ cuī ruò leHis body has weakened.
- ，Suí zhe nián jì zēng zhǎng, tā de jīng lì zhú jiàn cuī tuìAs he aged, his energy gradually declined.
- Jīng jì chí xù cuī bàiThe economy continues to decline.
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