萎
wěi
Pinyin

Definition

萎
 - 
wěi
  1. to wither
  2. to drop
  3. to decline
  4. spiritless
  5. Taiwan pr. [wēi]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (6)

枯萎
kū wěi
  1. 1 to wilt
  2. 2 to wither
  3. 3 wilted
  4. 4 withered
  5. 5 drained
  6. 6 enervated
  7. 7 exhausted
萎缩
wěi suō
  1. 1 to wither
  2. 2 to dry up (of a plant)
  3. 3 to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)
萎靡
wěi mǐ
  1. 1 dispirited
  2. 2 depressed
萎靡不振
wěi mǐ bù zhèn
  1. 1 dispirited and listless (idiom); downcast
萎
wěi
  1. 1 to wither
  2. 2 to drop
  3. 3 to decline
  4. 4 spiritless
  5. 5 Taiwan pr. [wēi]

Idioms (2)

哲人其萎
zhé rén qí wěi
  1. 1 a wise man has passed away (idiom)
萎靡不振
wěi mǐ bù zhèn
  1. 1 dispirited and listless (idiom); downcast

Sample Sentences

去年全球唱片收入下降至一百五十亿美金，在唱片的黄金时期，一九九六年的时候，当时的音乐产值高达六百亿！音乐产业价值整整萎缩了四分之三，这对唱片公司以及歌手都是相当重大的打击。
qùnián quánqiú chàngpiàn shōurù xiàjiàng zhì yībǎi wǔshí yì měijīn ，zài chàngpiàn de huángjīn shíqī ，yī jiǔ jiǔ liù nián de shíhou ，dāngshí de yīnyuè chǎn zhí gāodá liù bǎi yì ！yīnyuè chǎnyè jiàzhí zhěngzhěng wěisuō le sì fēnzhī sān ，zhè duì chàngpiàn gōngsī yǐjí gēshǒu dōu shì xiāngdāng zhòngdà de dǎjī 。
Last year global record revenue fell to 15 billion USD. In the golden years of record sales, back in 1996, the music industry was worth up to 60 billion! The value of the music industry has fallen by three quarters in total, which has hit record labels and singers quite heavily.
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