枯萎

Chinese

		withered; dried up	wither; spiritless; withered
trad. (枯萎)		枯	萎
simp. #(枯萎)		枯	萎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kūwěi, kūwēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨ ㄨㄟˇ, ㄎㄨ ㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ wai²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kho͘-úi / ko͘-úi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kūwěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuwěi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu¹-wei³
    • Yale: kū-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuwoei
    • Palladius: кувэй (kuvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kūwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuwei
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu¹-wei¹
    • Yale: kū-wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuuei
    • Palladius: кувэй (kuvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu¹ wai²
    • Yale: fū wái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ wai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ wei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ wɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho͘-úi
    • Tâi-lô: khoo-uí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qo'uie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ³³ ui⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-úi
    • Tâi-lô: koo-uí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ko'uie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ui⁵³/

Adjective

枯萎

1. withered; shrivelled; wilted
2. degenerated; retrogressed; retrograded

Synonyms

• (withered): (literary) 枯索 (kūsuǒ), 憔悴 (qiáocuì)

Verb

枯萎

1. to wither; to shrivel; to wilt
2. to degenerate; to retrogress; to retrograde

Related terms

• 乾涸／干涸 (gānhé)
• 乾枯／干枯 (gānkū)