盛衰

Chinese

		flourishing; to hold; contain flourishing; to hold; contain; to ladle; pick up with a utensil; surname	weak; feeble; decline weak; feeble; decline; wane; mourning garments
simp. and trad. (盛衰)		盛	衰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngshuāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄕㄨㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁶ seoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèngshuāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄕㄨㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèngshuai
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-shuai¹
    • Yale: shèng-shwāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqshuai
    • Palladius: шэншуай (šɛnšuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁶ seoi¹
    • Yale: sihng sēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁶ soey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁶ sêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²² sɵy̯⁵⁵/

Verb

盛衰

1. to flourish then decline

Noun

盛衰

1. rise and fall

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (盛衰):

• → Japanese: 盛衰(せいすい) (seisui)
• → Korean: 성쇠(盛衰) (seongsoe)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
盛	衰
せい Grade: 6	すい Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーすい [sèésúí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːsɨi]

Noun

盛(せい)衰(すい) • (seisui) 

1. rise and fall

Korean

Hanja in this term
盛	衰

Noun

盛衰 • (seongsoe) (hangeul 성쇠)

1. hanja form^? of 성쇠 (“vicissitudes”)