Chinese symbol for “wane”
消退
xiāo tuì
to wane; to vanish gradually
The closest CC-CEDICT match for wane is 消退 (xiāo tuì), defined as: to wane; to vanish gradually.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “wane”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 衰 | shuāi | (bound form) to decay; to decline; to wane |
| 衰微 | shuāi wēi | to decline; to wane; weakened; enfeebled; in decline |
| 没落 (沒落) | mò luò | to decline; to wane |
| 衰败 (衰敗) | shuāi bài | to decline; to wane |
| 式微 | shì wēi | (literary) to decline; to wane |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 消退.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 消息 | xiāo xi | (piece of) news; information; message |
| 取消 | qǔ xiāo | to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind |
| 消费 (消費) | xiāo fèi | to consume (goods and services, resources etc) |
| 消失 | xiāo shī | to disappear; to fade away |
| 消费者 (消費者) | xiāo fèi zhě | consumer |
| 消灭 (消滅) | xiāo miè | to put an end to; to annihilate |
| 退出 | tuì chū | to withdraw; to abort |
| 退休 | tuì xiū | to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement |
See also: Japanese symbol for “wane”.
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.