失 (shī)
to lose/to fail
How 失 is written
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 人 — human
- Traditional
- 失
- Simplified
- 失 (unchanged)
Common words using 失
- 失去 shīqù
- to lose
- 失敗 shībài
- to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments)
- 失望 shīwàng
- disappointed; to lose hope; to despair
- 失眠 shīmián
- to suffer from insomnia
- 消失 xiāoshī
- to disappear; to fade away
- 丟失 diūshī
- to lose; lost
- 喪失 sàngshī
- to lose; to forfeit
- 失地 shīdì
- to lose land; dispossessed
- 失意 shīyì
- disappointed; frustrated
- 失態 shītài
- to forget one's manners; to forget oneself; to lose self-control (in a situation)
- 失戀 shīliàn
- to lose one's love; to break up (in a romantic relationship); to feel jilted
- 失控 shīkòng
- to go out of control
失 in a sentence
別因為一次失敗就放棄。
Bié yīnwèi yí cì shībài jiù fàngqì.
“Don't give up just because of one failure.”
How common is 失?
失 is the 375th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 69.6% of all running text.
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