衰竭

shuāijié

noun HSK 7-9 #9,734

Meanings

HSK 6

他因心力衰竭住院了。

Tā yīn xīnlì shuāijié zhùyuàn le.

He was hospitalized due to heart failure.

HSK 7-9

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.

HSK 7-9

病人的肾功能已经衰竭。

Bìngrén de shèn gōngnéng 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