HSK 6 · Money

衰退 shuāituì “to decline” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 衰退 means

  1. to decline
  2. recession
  3. to fall
  4. to drop
  5. to falter
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • recession (in economics)

How to say 衰退

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale衰shuāi1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale退tuì4th tone, falling

衰退 in a sentence

  1. 我们不能愁闷地看着这个城市就这样衰退下去。

    Wǒmen bùnéng chóumèn de kàn zhe zhè ge chéngshì jiù zhèyàng shuāituì xiaqu.

    We can’t just look on gloomily while this city goes into decline.

    Sentence #2394825 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 衰退 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 衰 (shuāi) with each of its parts in a different colour
衰shuāito decay; to decline; to wane
  • 衣clothes · yī
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 一one · yī
The character 退 (tuì) with each of its parts in a different colour
退tuìto retreat; to withdraw
  • 艮stopping · gěnSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 艮 (gěn) hints at the sound. Compare it with tuì.

How to write 衰退

衰 10 strokes · 退 9 strokes

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

Words related to 衰退

Words with 衰

衰老shuāilǎo · to grow old

Words with 退

退tuì · to move back退步tuìbù · to regress退休tuìxiū · to retire (from the workforce)撤退chètuì · to retreat

More words: Money & Economy

盛产shèngchǎn · to be rich in实惠shíhuì · good value收益shōuyì · earnings数额shù'é · amount摊tān · stall停滞tíngzhì · to stagnate通货膨胀tōnghuòpéngzhàng · inflation投机tóujī · to speculate

FAQs

衰退 (shuāituì) means “to decline” or “recession”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shuāituì: shuāi with a 1st tone, then tuì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 衰退 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shuaitui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 衰退 from the suggestions. Typing shuaitui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
衰退 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.