粵

衰seoi1退teoi3

seoi1 teoi3shuāi tuì

English

  1. to decline
  2. to fall
  3. to drop
  4. to falter
  5. a decline
  6. recession (in economics)
  7. (of a function, quality, economy) to degenerate; to deteriorate; to decline

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. (功能、品質、經濟)變差;變弱;變壞

Examples

  • 腦退化同柏金遜症係老人家常見嘅病,兩者嘅症狀都包括(但係唔只有)記憶功能嘅衰退,好似係記性變差同喪失長期記憶。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 我们不能愁闷地看着这个城市就这样衰退下去。

    We can't just look on dejectedly while this city continues to go into decline.

    Tatoeba · fenfang557 CC BY

  • 经济萧条是一段时间内,当这样的经济活动普遍增长而造成的一种临时性的经济活动衰退。

    Recession is a temporary falling off of business activity during a period when such activity is generally increasing.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 經濟衰退

    economic recession

  • 急速衰退

    to decline rapidly

  • 記憶力衰退

    memory impairment

  • 肝功能衰退

    liver dysfunction

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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