衰 (seoi1 | shuai1) : decline; irritating

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衰

seoi1

shuai1

[1] decline; wane; go downhill; weakening
[2] [粵] irritating; annoying; dsigusting; unpleasant
[3] [粵] nasty-looking; ugly; bad
[4] [粵] fail; make a mistake; lose face; to be caught doing sth wrong

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Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: (#145)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

衰

Don't confuse with:
哀袞衷袁

This word has been viewed 14412 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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知衰 zi1 seoi1 zhi1 shuai1 = be aware and feel sorry for one's shortcomings and faults 粵

攞嚟衰 lo2 lai4/lei4 seoi1 = to bring misfortune 粵

衰弱 seoi1 joek6 shuai1 ruo4 = weak; feeble

衰老 seoi1 lou5 shuai1 lao3 = feeble and old

衰退 seoi1 teoi3 shuai1 tui4 = decline; fall; recession; drop; falter

樣衰 joeng6*2 seoi1 = ugly in appearance 粵

心臟衰竭 sam1 zong6 seoi1 kit3 = heart failure

唱衰 coeng3 seoi1 = to bad-mouth 粵

行衰運 haang4 seoi1 wan6 = bad luck

高大衰 gou1 daai6 seoi1 = lob
See all 54 compounds (CantoDict reports 55 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 5 examples containing 衰

嘩！你個男朋友咁鬼樣衰㗎! 粵
Oh my god! Your boyfriend is so ugly!
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131797,131965#msg-131965]

佢次次都同我講大話…佢真係大嚿衰粵
He tells lies to me every time... he's really obnoxious.
[大嚿衰 is specifically referencing a 大隻老.]

佢次次都同我講大話…佢真係正衰人粵
She tells lie to me every time... she's a really horrible person.

個衰仔識埋成班豬朋狗友！粵
My naughty kid has made friends with so many bad people.

經濟衰退嘅成因係消費、投資及資產價格之間唔平衡。粵
Inequilibrium in expenditure, investment and the prices of assets and properties would cause an economic downturn.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 衰
Unicode code for this character: U+8870 (off-site link)

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