Meaning of 衰老
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
shuāilǎo
- to age
- to deteriorate with age
- old and weak
衰老 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
没有人能逃过衰老。
No one can escape growing old.
衰老不得，智慧不得不得。
Don't get older, get wiser.
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衰 shuāi · weak · 10 strokes
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老 lǎo · prefix used before the surname of a per… · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 衰老.
| 老师 | lǎoshī | teacher |
| 老人 | lǎorén | old man or woman; the elderly |
| 老朋友 | lǎo péngyou | old friend; (slang) period |
| 老是 | lǎoshì | always |
| 老年 | lǎonián | elderly; old age |
| 老王 | Lǎo Wáng | |
| 老板 | lǎobǎn | boss; proprietor |
| 老太太 | lǎotàitai | elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother |
| 老百姓 | lǎobǎixìng | ordinary people; the "person in the street" |
| 老头儿 | lǎotóur | see 老頭子|老头子[lao3 tou2 zi5] |
| 老婆 | lǎopo | (coll.) wife |
| 老公 | lǎogōng | (coll.) husband |
Questions about 衰老
What does 衰老 mean?
衰老 (shuāilǎo) means "to age; to deteriorate with age" and is used as a adjective.
How do you write 衰老?
衰老 is made of 2 characters: 衰 (10 strokes), 老 (6 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 衰老 an HSK word?
Yes. 衰老 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.