衰
shuāi
Pinyin

Definition

衰
 - 
shuāi
  1. to decline
  2. to wane
  3. to become weak or feeble
衰
 - 
cuī
  1. mourning garments

Character Decomposition

Compounds (6)

蓑
suō
  1. 1 variant: 蓑 suō
蓑
suō
  1. 1 rain coat made of straw etc
榱
cuī
  1. 1 rafter (classical)
缞
cuī
  1. 1 mourning garments of coarse hemp
蓑
suō
  1. 1 variant: 蓑 suō

Related Words (20)

衰
cuī
  1. 1 mourning garments
衰老
shuāi lǎo
  1. 1 to age
  2. 2 to deteriorate with age
  3. 3 old and weak
衰弱
shuāi ruò
  1. 1 weak
  2. 2 feeble
衰竭
shuāi jié
  1. 1 organ failure
  2. 2 exhaustion
  3. 3 prostration (medicine)
衰退
shuāi tuì
  1. 1 to decline
  2. 2 to fall
  3. 3 to drop
  4. 4 to falter
  5. 5 a decline
  6. 6 recession (in economics)

Idioms (3)

人生盛衰
rén shēng shèng shuāi
  1. 1 life has its ups and downs (idiom)
再衰三竭
zài shuāi sān jié
  1. 1 weakening and close to exhaustion (idiom); in terminal decline
  2. 2 on one's last legs
年老力衰
nián lǎo lì shuāi
  1. 1 old and weak (idiom)

Sample Sentences

很好，热身就到这里。我们这里一直是阴盛阳衰，今天总算又来了一位男士。所以我们今天要跳男性比较主导的古巴莎莎。
hěn hǎo ，rèshēn jiù dào zhèlǐ 。wǒ men zhèlǐ yīzhí shì yīnshèngyángshuāi ，jīntiān zǒngsuàn yòu lái le yī wèi nánshì 。suǒyǐ wǒ men jīntiān yào tiào nánxìng bǐjiào zhǔdǎo de gǔbā shāshā 。
Very good. That's the end of our warm-up. We've always had too many girls and not enough guys. Today a man has finally come. So we're going to do a pretty male-centric Cuban salsa.
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是的，有规律的冥想能够使我们从忙碌的生活中理出头绪，保持平和的心态，遇事处之泰然，甚至可以有效降低因心率衰竭引起的健康风险。
shì de ，yǒu guīlǜ de míngxiǎng nénggòu shǐ wǒmen cóng mánglù de shēnghuózhōng lǐchū tóuxù ，bǎochí pínghé de xīntài ，yùshì chǔzhītàirán ，shènzhì kěyǐ yǒuxiào jiàngdī yīn xīnlǜ shuānjié yǐnqǐ de jiànkāng fēngxiǎn 。
Yes. Regular meditation can give some sort of order to your busy life, allowing you to maintain calm and stay calm in the face of problems, and can even effectively reduce the risk of heart failure.
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费城七六人已经是衰队的代名词了，但曾经这支队伍也给我们带来过很多难忘的记忆啊。
fèichéng qīliùrén yǐjīng shì shuāi duì de dàimíngcí le ，dàn céngjīng zhè zhī duìwǔ yě gěi wǒmen dàilái guò hěn duō nánwàng de jìyì ā 。
The Philadelphia 76ers have already become a byword for a bad team, but previously the team brought us some unforgettable moments.
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所以要通过体育锻炼增加肌肉组织的合成、减缓肌肉衰减的过程。建议老年人坚持力所能及的体育锻炼，如游泳、快步走等。
suǒyǐ yào tōngguò tǐyù duànliàn zēngjiā jīròuzǔzhī de héchéng 、jiǎnhuǎn jīròu shuāijiǎn de guòchéng 。jiànyì lǎoniánrén jiānchí lìsuǒnéngjí de tǐyù duànliàn ，rú yóuyǒng 、kuàibù zǒu děng 。
Therefore, it is necessary to increase the synthesis of muscle tissue and slow down the process of muscle attenuation through physical exercise. It is recommended that the elderly adhere to the physical exercise that they can do, such as swimming and brisk walking.
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3）保持健康的生活方式和积极的社会交往，坚持力所能及的活动和锻炼。随着年龄增长的：老年人体脂百分比增高、瘦组织减少，也就是说，老年人不可避免地会出现肌肉的衰减，导致身体活动能力逐渐下降、容易摔倒等。
）bǎochí jiànkāng de shēnghuó fāngshì hé jījí de shèhuì jiāowǎng ，jiānchí lìsuǒnéngjí de huódòng hé duànliàn 。suízhe niánlíng zēngzhǎng de ：lǎoniánrén tǐ zhī bǎifēnbǐ zēnggāo 、shòu zǔzhī jiǎnshǎo ，yějiùshìshuō ，lǎoniánrén bùkě bìmiǎn de huì chūxiàn jīròu de shuāijiǎn ，dǎozhì shēntǐ huódòng nénglì zhújiàn xiàjiàng 、róngyì shuāidǎo děng 。
3) Maintain a healthy lifestyle and positive social interactions, and adhere to activities and exercises that are within your power. With the increase of age: the percentage of body fat in the elderly is increased, and the lean tissue is reduced. That is to say, the elderly will inevitably have muscle attenuation, which leads to a gradual decline in physical activity and easy fall.
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听说在美国航空公司的空乘人员都是工会的会员，航空公司不能因为他们年老色衰了就让人家下岗。而且，飞国际航线的，都是有资历有年头儿的空乘，所以年纪都比较大。
tīngshuō zài Měiguó hángkōnggōngsī de kōngchéng rényuán dōu shì gōnghuì de huìyuán ，hángkōnggōngsī bùnéng yīnwèi tāmen niánlǎosèshuāi le jiù ràng rénjiā xiàgǎng 。érqiě ，fēi guójì hángxiàn de ，dōu shì yǒu zīlì yǒu niántóur de kōngchéng ，suǒyǐ niánjì dōu bǐjiào dà 。
I hear that all in-flight service staff on US airlines are union members, so they can't be fired just because they've gotten older. Moreover, flying international routes are all controlled by more experienced staff, so they are all older.
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这确实是，但刚才，手术中不幸并发罕见的药物过敏，造成器官衰竭，病患过敏这点，术前家属并没有在病历表上注明。
zhè quèshí shì ，dàn gāngcái ，shǒushù zhōng bùxìng bìngfā hǎnjiàn de yàowù guòmǐn ，zàochéng qìguān shuāijié ，bìnghuàn guòmǐn zhèdiǎnr ，shù qián jiāshǔ bìng méiyǒu zài bìnglìbiǎo shàng zhùmíng 。
Doctor: And that was indeed the case, but during the operation we just carried out, there was an unfortunate and rare allergic drug reaction, which caused organ failure. There was no references to any drug allergy made by you or on the patient's chart before we went ahead with the operation.
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嗯！这些高新技术的应用都是跟我们的生活息息相关的。等到科学家们找到细胞衰老的原因��说不定我们就能活到两百岁了。还有，现在各种癌症发病率这么高，以后或许可以克隆人体器官，治疗癌症就是小菜一碟了。
ng4 ！zhèxiē gāoxīn jìshù de yìngyòng dōu shì gēn wǒmen de shēnghuó xīxīxiāngguān de 。děngdào kēxuéjiā men zhǎodào xìbāo shuāilǎo de yuányīn ，shuōbudìng wǒmen jiù néng huódào liǎngbǎi suì le 。háiyǒu ，xiànzài gèzhǒng áizhèng fābìnglǜ zhème gāo ，yǐhòu huòxǔ kěyǐ kèlóng réntǐ qìguān ，zhìliáo áizhèng jiùshì xiǎocàiyīdié le 。
Yes! All the functions of this advanced technology are all closely linked to our daily lives. Whenever scientists find the reason why cells age, we might be able to live until the age of two hundred. And with the cancer rate so high, in the future they will be able to clone human organs, making curing cancer as easy as pie.
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经济衰退
jīngjì shuāituì
Economic recession.
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衰退得很厉害，很严重。
shuāituì de hěn lìhai ，hěn yánzhòng 。
The economic recession is very fierce and very serious.
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