# 衰竭 (shuāijié)

In Mandarin Chinese, 衰竭 (shuāijié) means “organ failure; exhaustion; depletion”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: organ failure; exhaustion; depletion
- Pinyin: shuāijié (shuai1 jie2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 那位病人因为心脏衰竭住院了。
  Nà wèi bìngrén yīnwèi xīnzàng shuāijié zhùyuàn le.
  The patient was hospitalized due to heart failure.

## Characters

- 衰 (shuāi): to decay; to decline; to wane
- 竭 (jié): to exhaust

https://hanziro.com/word/shuai-jie-organ-failure/

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