# 腐朽 (fǔxiǔ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 腐朽 (fǔxiǔ) means “rotten; decadent”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: rotten; decadent
- Pinyin: fǔxiǔ (fu3 xiu3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 老房子的几根腐朽木柱被换掉了。
  Lǎo fángzi de jǐ gēn fǔxiǔ mùzhù bèi huàndiào le.
  Several rotten wooden pillars of the old house were replaced.

## Characters

- 腐 (fǔ): decay; rotten
- 朽 (xiǔ): rotten

https://hanziro.com/word/fu-xiu-rotten/

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