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
Antonym
  • FLOURISHTo GROW so as to BECOME STRONG AND ABUNDANT.
    • PROGRESSDEVELOP OR CHANGE so as to BECOME MORE EXCELLENT.[[FORTSCHRITT]]
      Hypernym
      • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2.
        • EVENTREALITY that ARISES in TIME.
          • REALITYEXIST and NOT ONLY BE IMAGINED.
            • EXISTBE-IN the UNIVERSE of SPACE AND TIME....
      • WEAKLACK STRENGTH.
        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 ／

        • 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

        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: pronsCH 3 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • vichangechange to the worse> decline, go offCH
        廢  fèi OC: pods MC: pi̯ɐi 2 Attributions

          Syntactic words
        • viprocessbe in decline
        耗  hào OC: hmoows MC: hɑu 2 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • nabchangedecline ???
        • vichangeget weaker, decline
        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
        微  wēi OC: mɯl MC: mɨi 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • vichangebe in decline
        隤  tuí MC: dwoj OC: ɡ-luulCH 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • viprocessturn unfavourableCH
        衰微  shuāi wēi wéi MC: tsrhjwe mj+j OC: srul mɯlCH 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • VPichangedecline (in every way)CH
        謝  xiè 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNreject (something obviously attractive)CH
        弊  bì 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • viprocessdeclineCH
        下衰  xià cuī MC: haeX tsrhjwe OC: ɢraaʔ tshrolCH 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • VPiprocessgo into declineCH
        缺  quē MC: khwet OC: khʷeedCH 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • nab.post-Ndeclining qualityCH
        落  luò MC: lak OC: ɡ-raaɡCH 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • videclineCH
        季世  jì shì OC: kʷids lʰebs MC: ki ɕiɛi 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • NPabtimeperiod of decline; last period of a dynasty
        老  lǎo OC: ɡ-ruuʔ MC: lɑu 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • vadNdeclining, degegnerating
          Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • viprocessturn unfavourableCH
          Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • vichangechange to the worse> decline, go offCH

        Existing SW for

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