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枯萎 meaning in English

kūwěi

to wilt; to wither

20 strokes

Meaning of 枯萎

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kūwěi
  1. to wilt
  2. to wither
  3. wilted
  4. withered
  5. drained
  6. enervated
  7. exhausted

枯萎 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

鲜xiān花huā因yīn缺quē水shuǐ而ér枯kū萎wěi
The flowers withered for want of water.
我wǒ花huā园yuán里lǐ的de花huā在zài寒hán冷lěng的de天tiān气qì下xià枯kū萎wěi了le。
The flowers in my garden have withered in the cold.
所suǒ有yǒu花huā园yuán里lǐ的de花huā朵duǒ都dōu枯kū萎wěi了le。
All the flowers in the garden withered.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

枯 kū · dried out · 9 strokes

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  9. 9

萎 wēi · to wither · 11 strokes

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  9. 9
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  11. 11

Related words

Words that share a character with 枯萎.

枯燥kūzàodry and dull; uninteresting; tedious
萎缩wěisuōto wither; to dry up (of a plant)
枯竭kūjiéused up; dried up
干枯gānkūwithered; shriveled; dried-up

Questions about 枯萎

What does 枯萎 mean?

枯萎 (kūwěi) means "to wilt; to wither".

How do you write 枯萎?

枯萎 is made of 2 characters: 枯 (9 strokes), 萎 (11 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.