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衰退 shuāituì

衰退 shuāituì Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 6 English Translations of the word 衰退 shuāituì .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shuāituì | shuai1 tui4
English translation
to decline
to fall
to drop
to falter
a decline
recession (in economics)

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Traditional form

衰退 shuāituì

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 衰退 shuāituì

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cuī

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

口一

Number of Strokes

10
退 tuì

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Originally a pictograph of a foot ( zhǐ ) retreating back to a safe place. The chuò (walk) component was added later.

Phonetic compound

gěn

Semantic compound

chuò

Positional decomposition

辶艮

Number of Strokes

9

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Example sentences using 衰退 shuāituì

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而且 érqiě , zài 去年 qùnián de 经济 jīngjì 衰退 shuāituì Zhōng , Dōng 遭受 zāoshòu de 打击 dǎjī jiào qīng .

And last year's downturn was softer in the east.

不得不 bùdébù 收回 shōu huí shuì Guò de 公司 gōngsī Néng 免受 miǎn shòu 经济衰退 jīng jì shuāi tuì 影响 yǐngxiǎng 的话 de huà

He has had to eat his words about the company being recession-proof.

我们 wǒmen 正在 zhèngzài 经历 jīnglì 现代 Xiàndài zuì 严重 yánzhòng de 一段经济衰退 jīng jì shuāi tuì

We are in one of the most severe recessions in modern times.

经济衰退 jīng jì shuāi tuì 导致 dǎozhì 数百万 shù bǎi wàn rén 失业 shīyè

Economic recession had thrown millions out of work.

zài 经济衰退 jīng jì shuāi tuì 期间 qījiān 培训 péixùn 预算 yùsuàn bèi 认为 rènwéi shì 一项可以 kěyǐ 节省下来 de 奢侈 shēchǐ 费用 fèi yòng

During the recession, training budgets were seen as an expendable luxury.

衰退 shuāituì Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 衰退 shuāituì and their own compounds.

衰退 shuāituì Compounds

See all 12 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 衰退 shuāituì in their composition.

  • cuī
    • suō , cuī , cuī , , , ,
  • 退 tuì
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