興衰

Chinese

		interest; flourish; it is the fashion to interest; flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular	weak; feeble; decline weak; feeble; decline; wane; mourning garments
trad. (興衰)		興	衰
simp. (兴衰)		兴	衰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīngshuāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ ㄕㄨㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ seoi¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): heng-soe / heng-soai

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hêng¹ suê¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngshuāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄕㄨㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singshuai
    • Wade–Giles: hsing¹-shuai¹
    • Yale: syīng-shwāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingshuai
    • Palladius: синшуай (sinšuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing¹ seoi¹
    • Yale: hīng sēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ soey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ sêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: heng-soe
    • Tâi-lô: hing-sue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengsoef
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ³³ sue³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: heng-soai
    • Tâi-lô: hing-suai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengsoay
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ suai⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hêng¹ suê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: heng sue
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /heŋ³³⁻²³ sue³³/

Noun

興衰

1. rise and decline; rise and fall

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 衰旺

Derived terms

• 聽興衰／听兴衰

 

Descendants

• → Thai: เฮงซวย (heng-suai)

Adverb

興衰

1. (Teochew) casually; as one pleases; at random