衰落

Chinese

		weak; feeble; decline weak; feeble; decline; wane; mourning garments	to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind
trad. (衰落)		衰	落
simp. #(衰落)		衰	落
anagram		落衰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuāiluò

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄞ ㄌㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹ lok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soe-lo̍h / soe-lo̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuāiluò
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄞ ㄌㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuailuò
    • Wade–Giles: shuai¹-lo⁴
    • Yale: shwāi-lwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuailuoh
    • Palladius: шуайло (šuajlo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi¹ lok⁶
    • Yale: sēui lohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹ lok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵ lɔːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soe-lo̍h
    • Tâi-lô: sue-lo̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soeloih
    • IPA (Taipei): /sue⁴⁴⁻³³ loʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sue⁴⁴⁻²² loʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sue⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sue³³ loʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sue⁴⁴⁻²² loʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soe-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sue-lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soelok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sue⁴⁴⁻²² lɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sue³³ lɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sue⁴⁴⁻²² lɔk̚⁴/

Verb

衰落

1. (of plants and flowers) to wither
2. (figuratively) to decline; to go downhill; to be on the wane; to fall; to decay

Synonyms

• (to decline):

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• 式微 (shìwēi) (literary)
• 敗落 / 败落 (bàiluò)
• 替 (tì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 沒落 / 没落 (mòluò)
• 淪落 / 沦落 (lúnluò)
• 漉柵 / 漉栅 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 破落 (pòluò) (in wealth and position)
• 衰微 (shuāiwēi) (literary)
• 衰敗 / 衰败 (shuāibài)
• 陵替 (língtì) (literary)
• 零落 (língluò)