衰竭

shuāijié

noun HSK 7-9 #9,734

Meanings

他因心力衰竭住院了。

Tā yīn xīnlìshuāijié zhùyuàn le.

He was hospitalized due to heart failure.

过度劳累可能导致器官衰竭。

Guòdù láolèi kěnéng dǎozhì qìguān shuāijié.

Excessive fatigue can lead to organ failure.

病人的肾功能已经衰竭。

Bìngrén de shèngōngnéng yǐjīng shuāijié.

The patient's kidney function has already failed.

usage

Almost exclusively used in medical contexts: 心力衰竭 (heart failure), 肾衰竭 (kidney failure), 器官衰竭 (organ failure).

memory

衰 (decline) + 竭 (exhausted) — when something declines until completely exhausted, it fails.

衰 shuāi

竭 jié