萎wai2縮suk1

English

1. to wither
2. to shrink; to deteriorate
3. to dry up (of a plant)
4. to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 變得衰弱；縮細；功能衰退

Examples

• 市場萎縮

  market decline

• 肌肉萎縮

  muscular dystrophy

• 化療之後，腫瘤明顯萎縮咗。

  After carrying out chemotherapy, the tumour distinctively shrivelled in size.

• 一個正常嘅老人家腦（左）同一個腦退化患者嘅腦（右）分別嘅切面；右邊嗰個腦明顯萎縮咗，唔見咗好多神經細胞。

  Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

• 水果放久了，就会萎縮。

  Fruit that has been left for a long time will shrink.

  Tatoeba · Gustav249 CC BY

• 他的腿部肌肉在他卧床不起的七个月中萎缩了。

  The muscles in his legs had atrophied during the seven months he was bedridden.

  Tatoeba · kooler CC BY