wěi
verb #23,688

Meanings

  1. 1 to wither
  2. 2 to wilt
  3. 3 to fade
  4. 4 to droop

Examples

Huāpíng lǐ de huā yǐjīng kāishǐ wěi le.
The flowers in the vase have started to wilt.
Jīngguò yī chǎng dà bìng, tā zhěng gè rén dōu wěi le.
After a serious illness, the whole person had become listless and wilted.

Tips

usage
can be used literally (plants withering) or figuratively (a person becoming dispirited or listless). In compounds: 萎缩 (to shrink/wither), (dispirited / sluggish).

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