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衰败

shuāibài

to decline

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to decline

02

to wane

03

to decay

04

to deteriorate

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 衰败 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 衰败 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

近几年,很多当地的传统都衰败了。jìn jǐ nián, hěn duō dāng dì de chuán tǒng dōu shuāi bài le。

Many local traditions have fallen into decay in recent years.

若洗手间长期欠缺维护,整体空间会迅速堕入不可逆的衰败状态,影响场馆定位与形象。ruò xǐ shǒu jiān cháng qī qiàn quē wéi hù, zhěng tǐ kōng jiān huì xùn sù duò rù bù kě nì de shuāi bài zhuàng tài, yǐng xiǎng chǎng guǎn dìng wèi yǔ xíng xiàng。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 衰败.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 衰败.

Directly before

  • 都衰败1
  • 的衰败1

Directly after

  • 衰败了1
  • 衰败状态1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 衰败

What does 衰败 mean in Chinese?

衰败 (shuāibài) means to decline.

How do you pronounce 衰败?

衰败 is pronounced shuāibài.

Is 衰败 an HSK word?

衰败 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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