枯萎

Chinese

		withered; dried up	wither; spiritless; withered
trad. (枯萎)		枯	萎
simp. ^#(枯萎)		枯	萎

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kūwěi, kūwēi

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄨㄟˇ, ㄎㄨㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ wai²
Min Nan (POJ): kho͘-úi / ko͘-úi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kūwěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuwěi
  - Wade–Giles: kʻu¹-wei³
  - Yale: kū-wěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuwoei
  - Palladius: кувэй (kuvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kūwēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuwei
  - Wade–Giles: kʻu¹-wei¹
  - Yale: kū-wēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuuei
  - Palladius: кувэй (kuvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu¹ wai²
  - Yale: fū wái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ wai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ wei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ wɐi̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho͘-úi
  - Tâi-lô: khoo-uí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qo'uie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ³³ ui⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-úi
  - Tâi-lô: koo-uí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ko'uie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ui⁵³/

Adjective

枯萎

Synonyms

(withered): (literary) 枯索 (kūsuǒ), 憔悴 (qiáocuì)

Verb

枯萎

to wither; to shrivel; to wilt
to degenerate; to retrogress; to retrograde

Related terms

乾涸／干涸 (gānhé)
乾枯／干枯 (gānkū)

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