悴 (cuì) · haggard, wan, careworn

Meanings

1 haggard
2 wan
3 careworn

Characters

悴

cuì

haggard; careworn

Examples

HSK 7-9

长期生病后，她的脸色十分憔悴。

Chángqī shēngbìng hòu, tā de liǎnsè shífēn qiáocuì.

After the long illness her face looked haggard.

HSK 7-9

他因为操心而形容枯悴。

Tā yīnwèi cāoxīn ér xíngróng kū cuì.

He has grown thin and haggard from worry.

Tips

usage

悴 almost never stands alone in modern Chinese. You will meet it inside 憔悴 (haggard, worn out), where it carries the 'wasted, drained' feeling.

Components

radical

忄 xīn

heart; mind

The heart radical 心 in its left-side form. It marks 悴 as an emotion word: the haggard look comes from inner grief and exhaustion, not physical injury.

phonetic

卒 zú

soldier; to finish; worn out

Supplies the sound (zú drifting to cuì) and a faint flavor of being worked to the end like a spent foot soldier, reinforcing the 'drained' meaning.

Stroke Order

悴 cuì

Related Words

斯人独憔悴 sī rén dú qiáocuì

this one person alone grows haggard / a talented / worthy person withering in neglect while others prosper / this - person - alone - gaunt

为伊消得人憔悴 wèi yī xiāodé rén qiáocuì

for her sake, willing to waste away / for that one, gladly grow gaunt and haggard

憔悴 qiáocuì HSK 7-9 #16,829

wan and sallow / thin and pallid / haggard / (of plants) withered

苍白 cāngbái HSK 7-9 #7,695

pale; pallid; wan / feeble; weak (of arguments, explanations)

噪音 zàoyīn #4,778

noise; unwanted sound

怎么着 zěnmezhe #4,674

what's up? / so what? / what do you want to do?

逛 guàng HSK 4 #4,567

to stroll; to wander around / to visit (shops, parks, etc.); to browse

晃 huàng HSK 7-9 #3,626

to sway / to shake / to wander about

想见 xiǎngjiàn #2,955

to want to see (someone) / to miss (someone)

大陆 dàlù HSK 7-9 #5,518

mainland; continent / mainland China (in context of Taiwan/HK)