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Characters, words, pinyin or English

输 shū lose

lose; to transport; loses

How to remember 输: 车 car + 俞 dugout boat = lose. The uncle races his electric car along the lake against his niece in her dugout boat, and to everyone's delight he loses.

  • 939. most frequent character
  • HSK 4
  • 13 strokes
  • Radical 車

Component breakdown

输 = 车 car + 俞 dugout boat

  • 车 car
  • 俞 dugout boat
The Gushi story

The uncle races his electric car along the lake against his niece in her dugout boat, and to everyone's delight he loses.

How it is used

  • To transport, and to lose (a contest) - 运输 (yùnshū) transport, 输入 (shūrù) input, 我们输了 (wǒmen shū le) we lost.
  • The 'lose' sense is the opposite of 赢 (yíng, win): 输赢 win-or-lose - 赢了比赛 (yíng le bǐsài) won the match.
  • 输液 (shūyè) an IV drip; 输血 (shūxuè) blood transfusion - 输 = feed/transmit into.

Words with 输

Example sentences

  • 输一场比赛没关系。 Shū yì chǎng bǐsài méiguānxi.It doesn't matter if you lose one game.
  • 他们赢了这次战斗，但输了这场战争 Tāmen yíngle zhè cì zhàndòu, dàn shūle zhè chǎng zhànzhēngThey won the battle but lost the war .
  • 售货员请我输入卡号密码。 Shòuhuòyuán qǐng wǒ shūrù kǎhào mìmǎ.The salesperson asked me to enter my pin number.