Chinese symbol for “decrepit”
颓然
tuí rán
Traditional: 頹然
decrepit; ruined; disappointed
The closest CC-CEDICT match for decrepit is 颓然 (tuí rán), defined as: decrepit; ruined; disappointed.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “decrepit”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 龙钟 (龍鍾) | lóng zhōng | decrepit; senile |
| 老态 (老態) | lǎo tài | old and frail; decrepit |
| 衰朽 | shuāi xiǔ | decaying; decrepit |
| 衰迈 (衰邁) | shuāi mài | aged; decrepit |
| 颓坏 (頹壞) | tuí huài | dilapidated; decrepit |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 颓然.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 颓废 (頹廢) | tuí fèi | decadent; dispirited |
| 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 |
| 倾颓 (傾頹) | qīng tuí | to collapse; to topple |
| 虽然 (雖然) | suī rán | although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc) |
| 然后 (然後) | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 当然 (當然) | dāng rán | only natural; as it should be |
See also: Japanese symbol for “decrepit”.
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.