凋零

Chinese

		withered	remnant; zero; to fall
trad. (凋零)		凋	零
simp. #(凋零)		凋	零
alternative forms		雕零

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diāolíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠ ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu¹ ling⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tiâu-làng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiau-lêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diāolíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diaolíng
    • Wade–Giles: tiao¹-ling²
    • Yale: dyāu-líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diauling
    • Palladius: дяолин (djaolin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu¹ ling⁴
    • Yale: dīu lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu¹ ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu¹ ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯⁵⁵ lɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tiâu-làng
    • Hakka Romanization System: diau´ langˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: diau¹ lang²
    • Sinological IPA: /ti̯au̯²⁴ laŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiau-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: tiau-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diauleeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiau⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiau⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/

Verb

凋零

1. to wither; to decline

Synonyms

• 凋落 (diāoluò)
• 凋謝／凋谢 (diāoxiè)
• 敗謝／败谢 (bàixiè)
• 脫落／脱落 (tuōluò)
• 零落 (língluò)
• 露渣

 

Derived terms

• 家業凋零／家业凋零

 

Adjective

凋零

1. withering; declining
2. destitute; in difficult circumstances

Synonyms

• (destitute): 凋敝 (diāobì)