凋零

Chinese

		withered	remnant; zero; to fall
trad. (凋零)		凋	零
simp. ^#(凋零)		凋	零
alternative forms		雕零

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diāolíng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠㄌㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): diu¹ ling⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): tiâu-làng

(Hailu, HRS): diau^ˋ lang
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiau-lêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diāolíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠㄌㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diaolíng
  - Wade–Giles: tiao¹-ling²
  - Yale: dyāu-líng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diauling
  - Palladius: дяолин (djaolin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: diu¹ ling⁴
  - Yale: dīu lìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: diu¹ ling⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: diu¹ ling⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯⁵⁵ lɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tiâu-làng
  - Hakka Romanization System: diau^ˊ lang^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: diau¹ lang²
  - Sinological IPA: /ti̯au̯²⁴ laŋ¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: diau^ˋ lang
  - Sinological IPA: /tiau⁵³ laŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiau-lêng
  - Tâi-lô: tiau-lîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diauleeng
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiau⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiau⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/

Verb

凋零

to wither; to decline

Synonyms

凋落 (diāoluò)
凋謝 / 凋谢 (diāoxiè)
敗謝 / 败谢 (bàixiè)
脫落 / 脱落 (tuōluò)
零落 (língluò)

Derived terms

家業凋零 / 家业凋零

Adjective

凋零

withering; declining
destitute; in difficult circumstances

Synonyms

(destitute): 凋敝 (diāobì)