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Chinese
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weak; feeble; decline weak; feeble; decline; wane; mourning garments
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weak; feeble; young weak; feeble; young; inferior
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simp. and trad. (衰弱)
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衰
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弱
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Pronunciation
Verb
衰弱
- to fall away; to waste away; to weaken
Synonyms
Derived terms
Adjective
衰弱
- feeble; weak; faint
Synonyms
- 冉弱 (rǎnruò) (literary)
- 單薄/单薄 (dānbó)
- 孤單/孤单 (gūdān)
- 孱弱 (chánruò) (literary)
- 弱 (ruò)
- 微弱 (wēiruò)
- 柔弱 (róuruò)
- 瘦弱 (shòuruò)
- 瘦瘠 (shòují)
- 羸弱 (léiruò)
- 脆弱 (cuìruò)
- 荏弱 (Hokkien)
- 薄弱 (bóruò)
- 虛弱/虚弱 (xūruò)
- 虛荏/虚荏 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 虛虧/虚亏 (xūkuī)
- 虧弱/亏弱 (kuīruò)
- 軟弱/软弱 (ruǎnruò)
- 軟蔫蔫/软蔫蔫 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 軟䭕/软𬲕 (Hokkien, Teochew)
- 雌 (cí) (literary)
- 體弱/体弱 (tǐruò)
Antonyms
Descendants
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
衰弱 • (suijaku) ←すいじやく (suizyaku)?
- breakdown, collapse, emaciation, debility
Derived terms
Verb
衰弱する • (suijaku suru) ←すいじやく (suizyaku)?intransitive suru (stem 衰弱し (suijaku shi), past 衰弱した (suijaku shita))
- to break down, to collapse
- to waste away, to fall into decline, to weaken
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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衰弱し
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すいじゃくし
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suijaku shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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衰弱し
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すいじゃくし
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suijaku shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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衰弱する
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すいじゃくする
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suijaku suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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衰弱する
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すいじゃくする
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suijaku suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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衰弱すれ
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すいじゃくすれ
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suijaku sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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衰弱せよ¹ 衰弱しろ²
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すいじゃくせよ¹ すいじゃくしろ²
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suijaku seyo¹ suijaku shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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衰弱される
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すいじゃくされる
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suijaku sareru
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Causative
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衰弱させる 衰弱さす
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すいじゃくさせる すいじゃくさす
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suijaku saseru suijaku sasu
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Potential
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衰弱できる
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すいじゃくできる
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suijaku dekiru
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Volitional
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衰弱しよう
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すいじゃくしよう
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suijaku shiyō
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Negative
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衰弱しない
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すいじゃくしない
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suijaku shinai
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Negative continuative
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衰弱せず
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すいじゃくせず
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suijaku sezu
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Formal
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衰弱します
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すいじゃくします
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suijaku shimasu
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Perfective
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衰弱した
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すいじゃくした
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suijaku shita
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Conjunctive
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衰弱して
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すいじゃくして
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suijaku shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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衰弱すれば
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すいじゃくすれば
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suijaku sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Noun
衰弱 • (soeyak) (hangeul 쇠약)
- hanja form? of 쇠약 (“weakness; infirmity”)
Vietnamese
Verb
衰弱
- chữ Hán form of suy nhược (“depleted (of energy); debilitated; weakened”).