Definition

1. Adjective:
   • To be in decline; to be decaying; to be degenerating: Describes a state of deterioration, weakening, or falling from a previous condition of strength, prosperity, or vitality. It often refers to abstract concepts like a dynasty, an era, an institution, or one's physical strength.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Vận nhà suy vi. (The family's fortune is in decline.)
  • Thể lực suy vi. (One's physical strength is weakening.)
  • Một triều đại suy vi. (A decaying dynasty.)

Advanced Usage

• "suy vi" can be used in formal or literary contexts to describe the moral, cultural, or economic decline of a society or system.
  • Nền văn minh ấy đã bắt đầu suy vi. (That civilization had begun to decay.)

Variants and Related Words

• Suy tàn (adj): to decline, to wane, to fall into ruin. Often used interchangeably with "suy vi," but can imply a more final or complete collapse.

  • Đế chế La Mã suy tàn. (The Roman Empire declined.)

• Suy yếu (adj): to weaken, to become feeble. More commonly used for physical or concrete weakening.

  • Sức khỏe suy yếu. (Health is weakening.)

Synonyms

• Decline: to decrease in quality, power, or vigor.
• Decay: to fall into ruin or deteriorate.
• Degenerate: to decline from a higher to a lower level of quality.
• Wane: to decrease in power or importance.

Related Idioms

• "Suy vi tàn tạ": This phrase intensifies the meaning, emphasizing a state of being utterly decayed and withered.
  • Một chế độ suy vi tàn tạ. (A completely degenerate regime.)

1. Weaken, grow weaker
   • Thể lực suy vi
     One's streght grows weaker