Chinese symbol for “decadent”
颓废
tuí fèi
Traditional: 頹廢
decadent; dispirited; depressed; dejected
The closest CC-CEDICT match for decadent is 颓废 (tuí fèi), defined as: decadent; dispirited; depressed; dejected.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “decadent”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 腐朽 | fǔ xiǔ | rotten; decayed |
| 颓 (頹) | tuí | to crumble; to collapse |
| 颓放 (頹放) | tuí fàng | decadent; dissolute |
| 骄奢淫逸 (驕奢淫逸) | jiāo shē yín yì | extravagant and dissipated; decadent |
| 淫靡 | yín mǐ | profligate; extravagantly showy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 颓废.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 颓势 (頹勢) | tuí shì | decline (in fortune) |
| 颓丧 (頹喪) | tuí sàng | dejected; disheartened |
| 颓败 (頹敗) | tuí bài | to decay; to decline |
| 颓然 (頹然) | tuí rán | decrepit; ruined |
| 倾颓 (傾頹) | qīng tuí | to collapse; to topple |
| 废除 (廢除) | fèi chú | to abolish; to abrogate |
| 废物 (廢物) | fèi wù | rubbish; waste material; useless person |
| 废弃 (廢棄) | fèi qì | to discard; to abandon (old ways) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “decadent”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.