衰亡

shuāiwáng

verb #33,615

Meanings

1 to decline and fall
2 to wither away
3 to die out (of a dynasty, civilization, species)

Characters

to decline, to weaken

to perish, to die out

Examples

罗马帝国最终衰亡。

Luómǎ Dìguó zuìzhōng shuāiwáng.

The Roman Empire eventually fell.

这一物种正面临衰亡的危险。

Zhè yī wùzhǒng zhèng miànlín shuāiwáng de wēixiǎn.

This species is facing the danger of dying out.

王朝的衰亡有多种原因。

Wángcháo de shuāiwáng yǒu duō zhǒng yuányīn.

There are many causes for a dynasty's decline and fall.

Tips

usage

衰亡 marks the long arc from decay to extinction — used about empires, dynasties, civilizations, languages, species. Compare 灭亡 (mièwáng, 'to perish / be destroyed') which is sharper and often passive (a state being conquered), and 衰落 (shuāiluò, 'to decline') which describes weakening without necessarily reaching extinction.

Stroke Order

衰 shuāi

亡 wáng