萎靡

Chinese

		wither; spiritless; withered	extravagant; go with fashion; not extravagant; go with fashion; not; wasted
trad. (萎靡)		萎	靡
simp. #(萎靡)		萎	靡
alternative forms		委靡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěimǐ, wēimǐ, wěimí

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄧˇ, ㄨㄟ ㄇㄧˇ, ㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai² mei⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): úi-bí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěimǐ [Phonetic: wéimǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěimǐ
    • Wade–Giles: wei³-mi³
    • Yale: wěi-mǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeimii
    • Palladius: вэйми (vɛjmi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēimǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄇㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weimǐ
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-mi³
    • Yale: wēi-mǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueimii
    • Palladius: вэйми (vɛjmi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěimí
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěimí
    • Wade–Giles: wei³-mi²
    • Yale: wěi-mí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeimi
    • Palladius: вэйми (vɛjmi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai² mei⁵
    • Yale: wái méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai² mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei² méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵ mei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi-bí
    • Tâi-lô: uí-bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uy'bie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/

Adjective

萎靡

1. dispirited; depressed

Synonyms

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• 低沉 (dīchén)
• 低落 (dīluò)
• 冷館 / 冷馆 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 喪氣 / 丧气
• 壓抑 / 压抑 (yāyì)
• 失望 (shīwàng)
• 失落 (shīluò)
• 寡歡 / 寡欢 (guǎhuān)
• 幽鬱 / 幽郁 (yōuyù) (archaic)
• 悒鬱 / 悒郁 (yìyù) (literary)
• 悒鬱寡歡 / 悒郁寡欢 (yìyùguǎhuān)
• 愁悶 / 愁闷 (chóumèn)
• 憂悶 / 忧闷 (yōumèn)
• 慘沮 / 惨沮 (cǎnjǔ) (literary)
• 憂鬱 / 忧郁 (yōuyù)
• 憋悶 / 憋闷
• 懊喪 / 懊丧 (àosàng)
• 抑鬱 / 抑郁 (yìyù)
• 沉悶 / 沉闷 (chénmèn)
• 沉抑 (chényì)
• 沉鬱 / 沉郁 (chényù) (literary)
• 沮喪 / 沮丧 (jǔsàng)
• 消極 / 消极 (xiāojí)
• 消沉 (xiāochén)
• 灰 (huī) (literary, or in compounds)
• 灰心 (huīxīn)
• 灰心喪氣 / 灰心丧气 (huīxīnsàngqì)
• 煩悶 / 烦闷 (fánmèn)
• 神傷 / 神伤 (shénshāng) (literary)
• 索寞 (suǒmò) (literary or Eastern Min)
• 苦悶 / 苦闷 (kǔmèn)
• 陰暗 / 阴暗 (yīn'àn)
• 陰沉 / 阴沉 (yīnchén)
• 頹唐 / 颓唐 (tuítáng)
• 頹喪 / 颓丧 (tuísàng)
• 頹廢 / 颓废 (tuífèi)
• 鬱悶 / 郁闷 (yùmèn)
• 鬱鬱 / 郁郁 (yùyù) (literary)
• 鬱鬱不樂 / 郁郁不乐 (yùyùbùlè)
• 鬱鬱寡歡 / 郁郁寡欢 (yùyùguǎhuān)
• 鬱鬱寡歡 / 郁郁寡欢 (yùyùguǎhuān)
• 齪嘈 / 龊嘈 (Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 萎靡不振