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cuī

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cuī Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cuī | cui1
English translation
mourning garments
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shuāi | shuai1
English translation
to decline
to wane
to become weak or feeble
weak, feeble; to decline, to falter

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About cuī

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

cuī

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adjectival morpheme / 形语素 Xíng yǔ sù

Learning hint

A person in a robe  with an injury  to his head  kǒu

Etymology of cuī

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

口一

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Example sentences using cuī

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gài 这种 zhè zhǒng 明显 míngxiǎn de 作用 zuòyòng tóng 某些 mǒu xiē 激素 jī sù 能够 néng gòu 延缓 yán huǎn 衰老 shuāilǎo 的作用方式 fāngshì 相似 xiāngsì .

Calcium apparently acts in a similar manner as some of the hormones that defer senescence.

甜菜 tián cài 薄片 báo piàn 衰老 shuāilǎo 时期 shíqī , gài 对于 duìyú 防止 fángzhǐ jiǎ 离子 lí zǐ 丧失 sàngshī ,极其 jíqí 必要 bìyào .

Calcium is also necessary to prevent leakage of potassium during the aging of beet slices.

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.

shuí 无法 wú fǎ 避免 bìmiǎn 年老 nián lǎo cuī .

Nobody can avoid being disabled by age.

jīng 锈病 huì 使 shǐ 枝干衰弱 shuāi ruò .

Stem - rusts weaken branches and stems.

Words with cuī

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
cuī to wane cuī
衰老 shuāilǎo to age衰老 shuāilǎo
衰竭 shuāi jié organ failure衰竭 shuāi jié
衰退 shuāituì to decline衰退 shuāituì
衰落 shuāi luò to fall衰落 shuāi luò
衰弱 shuāi ruò weak衰弱 shuāi ruò
心力衰竭 xīn lì shuāi jié heart failure心力衰竭 xīn lì shuāi jié
衰减 shuāi jiǎn to weaken衰減
衰败 shuāi bài to decline衰敗
兴衰 xīng shuāi rise and fall興衰
神经衰弱 shén jīng shuāi ruò psychasthenia神經衰弱
早衰 zǎo shuāi to age prematurely早衰 zǎo shuāi
衰亡 shuāi wáng to decline衰亡 shuāi wáng
半衰期 bàn shuāi qī half-life半衰期 bàn shuāi qī
衰变 shuāi biàn radioactive decay衰變
经久不衰 jīng jiǔ bù shuāi unfailing經久不衰
盛衰 shèng shuāi rise and fall盛衰 shèng shuāi
衰微 shuāi wēi to decline衰微 shuāi wēi
不衰 bù shuāi unfailing不衰 bù shuāi
衰退期 shuāi tuì qī recession (in economics)衰退期 shuāi tuì qī
未老先衰 wèi lǎo xiān shuāi to age prematurely未老先衰 wèi lǎo xiān shuāi
衰颓 shuāi tuí uninspired衰頹
衰朽 shuāi xiǔ decaying衰朽 shuāi xiǔ

cuī Decomposition & Compounds

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cuī Decomposition

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cuī Compounds

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  • cuī
    • suō , cuī , cuī , , , ,
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