DECLINE    衰敗

CHANGE ENDURINGLY so as to BECOME LESS POWERFUL, MORE WEAK OR LESS GOOD.
BECOME SMALLERFEWEROR LESSDECREASE DETERIORATEDEGENERATEDECAYCRUMBLECOLLAPSESLUMPSLIPSLIDEGO DOWNHILLWORSENWEAKENWANEEBBINFORMAL GO TO POTGO TO THE DOGSGO INTO/DOWN THE TOILET
Modern Chinese Criteria
衰敗 頹敗 殘敗 破敗 衰微 式微 衰頹 不景氣 refers to a decline of an economic kind. 低迷 經濟蕭條 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Part of
  • WEAKLACK STRENGTH.
Antonym
  • FLOURISHTo GROW so as to BECOME STRONG AND ABUNDANT.
  • PROGRESSDEVELOP OR CHANGE so as to BECOME MORE EXCELLENT.[[FORTSCHRITT]]
Hypernym
  • CHANGE　EVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2. (anc: 9/0, child: 18)
  • EVENT　REALITY that ARISES in TIME. (anc: 8/0, child: 4)
  • REALITY　EXIST and NOT ONLY BE IMAGINED. (anc: 7/0, child: 5)
  • Ästhetische Grundbegriffe ( BARCK 2010) p. 2.1

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 139A

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    • Words (20 items)

    衰  shuāi OC: srul MC: ʂi 39 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Result: 亡/DISAPPEAR The dominant word for ceasing to exist is wáng 亡 (and there is no early evidence for the reading wú 亡).
    • Ant: 盛/FLOURISH The current general word for flourishing or thriving of any kind, abstract or concrete is shèng 盛 (ant. shuāi 衰 "decline").
    • Ant: 昌/FLOURISH Chāng 昌 and xīng 興 (all ant. wáng 亡 "be ruined"), and lóng 隆 (ant. tì 替 "decline") refer primarily to the flourishing of political institutions and the like.
    • Ant: 起/FLOURISH
    • Epithet: 世/GENERATION The dominant general word for a generation is shì 世, and this word has strong temporal connotations referring to the period of one generation, and the word has a certain syntactic flexibility. Sān shì 三世 refers to three generations.
    • Contrast: 廢/FAIL
    • Assoc: 倦/TIRED The general purpose word for communal exhaustion is pì 罷 (ant. zhuàng 壯 "in strong shape"); the general word for the state of exhaustion of an individual is juàn 倦.

      Syntactic words
    • nabprocessdecay, state of decline
    • v[adN]state in declineCH
    • vadNin decline
    • vadVdecreasingly
    • vichangebe in decline; get weaker, decay, decline
    • vt+prep+Ndecline in respect NDS
    辭讓  cí ràng OC: zɯ njaŋs MC: zɨ ȵi̯ɐŋ 6 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPab{N1=N2}actpolite declinationLZ
    • VPt(oN)decline politely a contextually determinate offer N
    弱  ruò OC: njewɡ MC: ȵi̯ɐk 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vichangebe weakened, grow weak
    變  biàn MC: pjenH OC: prons 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vichangechange to the worse> decline, go offCH
    耗  hào OC: hmoows MC: hɑu 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabchangedecline ???
    • vichangeget weaker, decline
    廢  fèi OC: pods MC: pi̯ɐi 2 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • viprocessbe in decline
    落  luò MC: lak OC: ɡ-raaɡ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • videclineCH
    謝  xiè 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNreject (something obviously attractive)CH
    隤  tuí MC: dwoj OC: ɡ-luul 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • viprocessturn unfavourableCH
    餒  něi OC: nuulʔ MC: nuo̝i 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vichangeto decline; to become rotten and weak
    衰亡  shuāi wáng OC: srul maŋ MC: ʂi mi̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPiresultativedecline and disintegrate, decline and fall
    弊  bì 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • viprocessdeclineCH
    微  wēi OC: mɯl MC: mɨi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vichangebe in decline
    衰微  shuāi wēi wéi MC: tsrhjwe mj+j OC: srul mɯl 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPichangedecline (in every way)CH
    下衰  xià cuī MC: haeX tsrhjwe OC: ɢraaʔ tshrol 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPiprocessgo into declineCH
    缺  quē MC: khwet OC: khʷeed 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nab.post-Ndeclining qualityCH
    老  lǎo OC: ɡ-ruuʔ MC: lɑu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNdeclining, degegnerating
    季世  jì shì OC: kʷids lʰebs MC: ki ɕiɛi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabtimeperiod of decline; last period of a dynasty
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viprocessturn unfavourableCH
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vichangechange to the worse> decline, go offCH