Chinese symbol for “languishing”
萎靡
wěi mǐ
listless; dispirited; lacking in vigor; languishing
The closest CC-CEDICT match for languishing is 萎靡 (wěi mǐ), defined as: listless; dispirited; lacking in vigor; languishing.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 萎靡.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 萎缩 (萎縮) | wěi suō | to wither; to dry up (of a plant) |
| 枯萎 | kū wěi | to wilt; to wither |
| 萎靡不振 | wěi mǐ bù zhèn | dispirited and listless (idiom); downcast |
| 阳萎 (陽萎) | yáng wěi | variant of 阳痿 (yáng wěi) |
| 枯萎病 | kū wěi bìng | blight |
| 风靡 (風靡) | fēng mǐ | fashionable; popular |
| 所向披靡 | suǒ xiàng pī mǐ | (idiom) to sweep everything before one; to be invincible |
| 奢靡 | shē mí | extravagant |
See also: Japanese symbol for “languishing”.
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.