HSK 6 · Nature

枯萎 kūwěi “to wither” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 枯萎 means

  1. to wither
  2. withered
  3. to wilt
  4. wilted
  5. drained
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • enervated

How to say 枯萎

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale枯kū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale萎wěi3rd tone, dipping

枯萎 in a sentence

  1. 所有花园里的花朵都枯萎了。

    Suǒyǒu huāyuán lǐ de huāduǒ dōu kūwěi le.

    All the flowers in the garden have withered.

    Sentence #798292 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我花园里的花在寒冷的天气下枯萎了。

    Wǒ huāyuán lǐ de huā zài hánlěng de tiānqì xià kūwěi le.

    The flowers in my garden have withered in the cold.

    Sentence #1398663 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 枯萎 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 枯 (kū) with each of its parts in a different colour
枯kūwithered
  • 木tree · mù
  • 古old · gǔ
The character 萎 (wěi) with each of its parts in a different colour
萎wěito wither
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 委to appoint · wēiSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 委 (wēi) hints at the sound. Compare it with wěi.

How to write 枯萎

枯 9 strokes · 萎 11 strokes

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枯萎 (kūwěi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 枯萎 (kūwěi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 枯萎

Words with 枯

枯燥kūzào · dull

More words: Nature & Environment

茎jīng · stem开采kāicǎi · to mine砍伐kǎnfá · to fell (trees)矿产kuàngchǎn · mineral resources茂盛màoshèng · lush蚂蚁mǎyǐ · ant萌芽méngyá · to sprout棉花miánhua · cotton

FAQs

枯萎 (kūwěi) means “to wither” or “withered”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kūwěi: kū with a 1st tone, then wěi with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 枯萎 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kuwei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 枯萎 from the suggestions. Typing kuwei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
枯萎 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.