凋敝

Chinese

		withered	(polite) my; poor; ruined (polite) my; poor; ruined; shabby; worn out; defeated
trad. (凋敝)		凋	敝
simp. #(凋敝)		凋	敝
alternative forms		凋弊 雕敝 雕弊 彫敝／雕敝 彫弊／雕弊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diāobì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠ ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu¹ bai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiau-pè / tiau-pì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diāobì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠ ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diaobì
    • Wade–Giles: tiao¹-pi⁴
    • Yale: dyāu-bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diaubih
    • Palladius: дяоби (djaobi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu¹ bai⁶
    • Yale: dīu baih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu¹ bai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu¹ bei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯⁵⁵ pɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiau-pè
    • Tâi-lô: tiau-pè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diau'pex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiau⁴⁴⁻²² pe²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau³³ pe⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiau-pì
    • Tâi-lô: tiau-pì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diau'pix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau⁴⁴⁻²² pi²¹/

Adjective

凋敝

1. destitute; in difficult circumstances; decaying

Synonyms

• 凋零 (diāolíng)

Derived terms

• 民生凋敝

 

Related terms

• 衰敗／衰败 (shuāibài)