"Decay" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 蜕变 | tuì biàn | to transform / to morph / to degenerate / metamorphosis / transmutation / transformation / decay / degeneration |   |
| 凋零 | diāo líng | withered / wilted / to wither / to fade / to decay | |
| 衰败 | shuāi bài | to decline / to wane / to decay / to deteriorate | |
| 陨落 | yǔn luò | to fall down / to decay / to fall from the sky / to die | |
| 腐化 | fǔ huà | to rot / to decay / to become corrupt | |
| 颓败 | tuí bài | to decay / to decline / to become corrupt | |
| 腐 |  fǔ | decay / rotten | |
| 衰 | shuāi | (bound form) to decay / to decline / to wane | |
| 腓 | féi | calf of leg / decay / protect | |
| 兴亡 | xīng wáng | to flourish and decay / rise and fall | |
| 蛀牙 | zhù yá | tooth decay / dental caries / decayed tooth / rotten tooth | |
| 龋齿 | qǔ chǐ | tooth decay / dental caries / decayed tooth / rotten tooth | |
| 衰变 | shuāi biàn | radioactive decay | |
| 防龋 | fáng qǔ | to prevent tooth decay / anti-caries | |
| 虫牙 | chóng yá | tooth decay / dental caries / decayed tooth / rotten tooth | |
| 户枢不蠹 | hù shū bù dù | lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten / constant activity prevents decay (idiom) | |
| 放射性衰变 | fàng shè xìng shuāi biàn | radioactive decay | |
| 衰变链 | shuāi biàn liàn | decay chain | |
| 衰变曲线 | shuāi biàn qū xiàn | decay curves | |
| 衰变热 | shuāi biàn rè | decay heat | |
| 朽蠹 | xiǔ dù | to decay and be eaten by worms etc / to overhoard grain so that it rots | |
| 流水不腐，户枢不蠹 | liú shuǐ bù fǔ , hù shū bù dù | lit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom) / fig. constant activity prevents decay | |
| 齿蠹 | chǐ dù | tooth decay | |
| 齿龋 | chǐ qǔ | tooth decay / caries | |
| 森林退化 | sēn lín tuì huà | forest decay | |
| 森林逐渐失去活力 | forest decay | | |
| 轨道衰变 | orbit decay / orbital decay | | |
| 波浪逐渐平息 | decay of waves | | |
| &beta衰变 | beta decay | | |
| &alpha衰变 | alpha decay | | |
| 宇宙线反照中子衰变 | cosmic ray albedo neutron decay | | |
| 有机物质的分解 | decay of organic matter | | |
| 自由感应衰减 | free induction decay | |
