Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
衰 (radical 145, 衣+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜田一女 (YWMV), four-corner 00732, composition ⿻哀一)
- decline, decrease, wane
- falter, fail, fade
- weaken, wither
Derived characters[edit]
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 1112, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34127
- Dae Jaweon: page 1577, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3076, character 9
- Unihan data for U+8870
Chinese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
|
衰
|
衰
|
衰
|
| Reading #
|
1/3
|
2/3
|
3/3
|
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
cuī
|
cuī
|
shuāi
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ tshwoj ›
|
‹ tsrhjwe ›
|
‹ srwij ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*[s.r̥]ˁruj/
|
/*[tsʰ]roj/
|
/*sruj/
|
| English
|
mourning clothes
|
reduce
|
diminish, decline
|
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
|
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
| Character
|
衰
|
衰
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
2/2
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| No.
|
11926
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11927
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Phonetic
component
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衰
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衰
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Rime
group
|
歌
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微
|
Rime
subdivision
|
3
|
3
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
衰
|
衰
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*sʰrol/
|
/*srul/
|
Definitions[edit]
衰
- to grow weak; to decrease in strength
- (Min Nan) to have poor luck
- (Cantonese) bad; detestable; awful
- 咁衰㗎！ [Cantonese] ― Gam3 seoi1 gaa4! [Jyutping] ― That's awful!
- 做衰嘢 [Cantonese] ― zou6 seoi1 je5 [Jyutping] ― to do bad things
- 衰人 [Cantonese] ― seoi1 jan4 [Jyutping] ― bad person
- 衰婆 [Cantonese] ― seoi1 po4-2 [Jyutping] ― bitch
- (Cantonese) to make a grave mistake
- 我衰咗啦！ [Cantonese] ― Ngo5 seoi1 zo2 laa1! [Jyutping] ― I've made a mistake!
我衰咗三年，我等緊個機會，爭返口氣。 [Cantonese, trad.]
我衰咗三年，我等紧个机会，争返口气。 [Cantonese, simp.]- From: 1987, 《英雄本色》
- Ngo5 seoi1 zo2 saam1 nin4, ngo5 dang2 gan2 go3 gei1 wui5, caang1 faan1 hau2 hei3. [Jyutping]
- (please add an English translation of this example)
- (Cantonese) to do (wrongdoing)
- 你衰咩呀？ [Cantonese] ― Nei5 seoi1 me1 aa3? [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this example)
- 我衰邊範啫？ / 我衰边范啫？ [Cantonese] ― Ngo5 seoi1 bin1 faan6 ze1? [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this example)
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of
壞 (“bad; not good”)
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Antonyms[edit]
- (Cantonese: disagreeable): 好 (hou2)
See also[edit]
- (Min Nan: to have poor luck): 倒霉 (dǎoméi)
- (Cantonese: disagreeable): 曳 (jai5), 惡／恶 (ok3)
Compounds[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
|
衰
|
衰
|
衰
|
| Reading #
|
1/3
|
2/3
|
3/3
|
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
cuī
|
cuī
|
shuāi
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ tshwoj ›
|
‹ tsrhjwe ›
|
‹ srwij ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*[s.r̥]ˁruj/
|
/*[tsʰ]roj/
|
/*sruj/
|
| English
|
mourning clothes
|
reduce
|
diminish, decline
|
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
|
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
| Character
|
衰
|
衰
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
| No.
|
11926
|
11927
|
Phonetic
component
|
衰
|
衰
|
Rime
group
|
歌
|
微
|
Rime
subdivision
|
3
|
3
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
衰
|
衰
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*sʰrol/
|
/*srul/
|
Definitions[edit]
衰
- a type of mourning garment
Compounds[edit]
References[edit]
Japanese[edit]
衰
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
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Readings[edit]
Compounds[edit]
衰 • (soe, choe, sa) (hangeul 쇠, 최, 사, revised soe, choe, sa, McCune–Reischauer soe, ch'oe, sa, Yale soy, choy, sa)
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Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
衰 (suy, thôi)
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