萎缩

• ピンイン: wěi suō
• 漢字の分解: 萎 = 艹 + 委 (withered plant, drooping); 缩 = 纟+ 宿 (shrink, contract)

意味

萎縮する；（市場などが）縮小する。

A versatile term used in biology (肌肉萎缩, muscle atrophy), economics (市场萎缩, market contraction), and botany. Distinguished from 畏缩 (recoiling out of fear) by its physical or structural, non-psychological sense.

例文

1. 长期卧床导致他的腿部肌肉严重萎缩。
2. 受全球经济下行影响，出口市场持续萎缩。
3. 干旱使这片农田的庄稼全部萎缩枯死。

使い方ガイド

場面: medicine, economics, science

トーン: neutral

正しい言い方

• 长期不运动会导致肌肉逐渐萎缩，影响日常活动能力。(Long-term inactivity causes muscles to gradually atrophy, affecting the ability to carry out daily activities.)
• 国内制造业市场在过去五年中持续萎缩，亟需转型升级。(The domestic manufacturing market has continued to shrink over the past five years and urgently needs transformation and upgrading.)

避ける言い方

• 他听到批评就萎缩了 — use 畏缩 when someone flinches or hesitates due to fear or pressure; 萎缩 describes physical or structural shrinkage, not psychological recoiling

起源と歴史

萎 (wither, droop) + 缩 (shrink, contract)

文化的背景

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal