衰微

衰微

Chinese

		weak; feeble; decline weak; feeble; decline; wane; mourning garments	tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite
simp. and trad. (衰微)		衰	微

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuāiwēi, shuāiwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄞ ㄨㄟ, ㄕㄨㄞ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹ mei⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sôi-mì
• Min Nan (POJ): soe-bî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: shuāiwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄞ ㄨㄟ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuaiuei
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵⁵ u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: shuāiwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄞ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuaiwei
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵⁵ u̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi¹ mei⁴
    • Yale: sēui mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹ mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹ méi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵ mei̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sôi-mì
    • Hakka Romanization System: soi´ miˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: soi¹ mi²
    • IPA: /soi̯²⁴ mi¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soe-bî
    • Tâi-lô: sue-bî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soe'bii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sue⁴⁴⁻²² bi²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sue³³ bi²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sue⁴⁴⁻²² bi¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sue⁴⁴⁻³³ bi²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sue⁴⁴⁻³³ bi²³/

Verb

衰微

1. (literary) to decline; to wane; to weaken

Synonyms

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式微 (shìwēi) (literary) 衰敗／衰败 (shuāibài)

衰落 (shuāiluò)

Adjective

衰微

1. (literary) in decline; waning; weakened