衰微

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuāiwēi, shuāiwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄞ ㄨㄟ, ㄕㄨㄞ ㄨㄟˊ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuāiwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄞ ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuaiwei
    • Wade–Giles: shuai¹-wei¹
    • Yale: shwāi-wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuaiuei
    • Palladius: шуайвэй (šuajvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuāiwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄞ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuaiwéi
    • Wade–Giles: shuai¹-wei²
    • Yale: shwāi-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuaiwei
    • Palladius: шуайвэй (šuajvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi¹ mei⁴
    • Yale: sēui mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹ mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹ méi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵ mei̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sôi-mì
    • Hakka Romanization System: soi´ miˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: soi¹ mi²
    • Sinological IPA: /soi̯²⁴ mi¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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

• 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)
• 衰敗／衰败 (shuāibài)
• 衰落 (shuāiluò)
• 陵替 (língtì) (literary)
• 零落 (língluò)
• 露渣

 

Adjective

衰微

1. (literary) in decline; waning; weakened

Noun

衰微

1. (～卦) A combination 二上四中一下 in the Lingqijing.