衰败 meaning in English

shuāibài

to decline; to wane

Traditional 衰敗18 strokes

Meaning of 衰败

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shuāibài
  1. to decline
  2. to wane
  3. to decay
  4. to deteriorate

衰败 in example sentences

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

近jìn几jǐ年nián,很hěn多duō当dāng地dì的de传chuán统tǒng都dōu衰shuāi败bài了le。
Many local traditions have fallen into decay in recent years.

Stroke order for each character

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衰 shuāi · weak · 10 strokes

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败 bài · to defeat · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 衰败.

失败shībàito be defeated; to lose
打败dǎbàito defeat; to overpower
腐败fǔbàicorruption; to corrupt
衰老shuāilǎoto age; to deteriorate with age
衰退shuāituìto decline; to fall
衰竭shuāijié(of an organ or bodily function) failure; to fail; (of resources etc) exhaustion; depletio
衰弱shuāiruòweak; feeble
衰减shuāijiǎnto weaken; to attenuate
击败jībàito defeat; to beat
失败者shībàizhěloser
败类bàilèiscum of a community; degenerate
战败zhànbàito lose a war

Questions about 衰败

What does 衰败 mean?

衰败 (shuāibài) means "to decline; to wane".

How do you write 衰败?

衰败 is made of 2 characters: 衰 (10 strokes), 败 (8 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

How is 衰败 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 衰败 is written 衰敗.