衰退 meaning in English

shuāituì

to decline; to fall

HSK 7-9verb19 strokes

Meaning of 衰退

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shuāituì
  1. to decline
  2. to fall
  3. to drop
  4. to falter
  5. a decline
  6. recession (in economics)

衰退 in example sentences

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

我wǒ们men不bù能néng愁chóu闷mèn地dì看kàn着zhe这zhè个ge城chéng市shì就jiù这zhè样yàng衰shuāi退tuì下xià去qù。
We can't just look on dejectedly while this city continues to go into decline.

Stroke order for each character

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

衰 shuāi · weak · 10 strokes

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退 tuì · to retreat · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 衰退.

退出tuìchūto withdraw; to abort
退休tuìxiūto retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
退票tuìpiàoto bounce (a check); to return a ticket
后退hòutuìto recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat
退学tuìxuéto quit school
退缩tuìsuōto shrink back; to cower
退役tuìyì(of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissione
退休金tuìxiūjīnretirement pension; pension payments received after retirement
衰老shuāilǎoto age; to deteriorate with age
退回tuìhuíto return (an item); to send back
衰竭shuāijié(of an organ or bodily function) failure; to fail; (of resources etc) exhaustion; depletio
辞退cítuìto dismiss; to discharge

Questions about 衰退

What does 衰退 mean?

衰退 (shuāituì) means "to decline; to fall" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 衰退?

衰退 is made of 2 characters: 衰 (10 strokes), 退 (9 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 衰退 an HSK word?

Yes. 衰退 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.