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枯萎 kūwěi

枯萎 kūwěi Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 7 English Translations of the word 枯萎 kūwěi .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kūwěi | ku1 wei3
English translation
to wilt
to wither
wilted
withered
drained
enervated
exhausted

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Traditional form

枯萎 kūwěi

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 枯萎 kūwěi

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

木古

Number of Strokes

9
wěi

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and Wěi represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Wěi

Semantic compound

cǎo

Positional decomposition

艹委

Number of Strokes

11

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Example sentences using 枯萎 kūwěi

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主妇 zhǔ fù ràng de 玫瑰花 méi guī huā 枯萎 kūwěi 牛奶 niúnǎi 得到 dé dào chǔ dōu shì ?

The woman deadheads her roses but leaves the milk out to spoil?

zài 烈日 Liè rì xià ǎi 牵牛 Qiān niú Huā 已经 yǐjīng 开始 kāishǐ 枯萎 kūwěi le .

The petunias were already wilting in the hot sun.

应该 yīnggāi 花园 huā yuán 所有 suǒyǒu 枯萎 kūwěi de 花草 huā cǎo 制成 zhì chéng 堆肥 duī féi 然后 ránhòu 再用它们 tā men gěi 花园 huā yuán 施肥 shī féi

All garden waste should be composted and returned to the garden.

伊莎贝尔房间 fángjiān de Huā 已经 yǐjīng 枯萎 kūwěi le

The flowers in Isabel's room had withered.

灌木丛 guàn mù cóng shǎng 枯萎 kūwěi de 花朵 huā duǒ 整齐 zhěngqí de 修剪 xiū jiǎn diào

Neatly trim away old flowers on shrubs.

枯萎 kūwěi Decomposition

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枯萎 kūwěi Compounds

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