枯萎
kūwěi · to wilt; to wither; wilted; withered; drained; enervated; exhausted
Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 枯萎
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
dry and dull; uninteresting; tedious
干枯gānkūwithered; shriveled; dried-up
枯竭kūjiéused up; dried up; exhausted (of resources)
萎缩wěisuōto wither; to dry up (of a plant); to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)
枯死kū sǐ(of a plant) to wither and die; withered and dead
枯水kū shuǐscarce water; low water level