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): ㄒㄧㄥㄕㄨㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ seoi¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): heng-soe / heng-soai

(Teochew, Peng'im): hêng¹ suê¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīngshuāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥㄕㄨㄞ
  - 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

rise and decline; rise and fall

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 衰旺

Derived terms

聽興衰 / 听兴衰

Adverb

興衰

(Teochew) casually; as one pleases; at random

Descendants

→ Khmer: ហេងស៊យ (héngsôy)
→ Thai: เฮงซวย (heng-suai)
→ Vietnamese: hên xui