失 shī to lose

故部件结构

失 = ㇒ falling stroke + 夫 husband

• ㇒ falling stroke
• 夫 husband
  • 二 two
  • 人 person

源How it came to be

A hand with a stroke slipping out from between the fingers. The stroke is not a thing in itself: it is the fact that whatever was there is going, and the hand is too late.

用用法

• To lose / fail / miss - 失去 (shīqù) lose, 失败 (shībài) fail, 失望 (shīwàng) disappointed.
• 失去 is losing something abstract (a chance, a loved one); contrast 丢 (diū), losing a physical object.
• 失眠 (shīmián) insomnia; 失业 (shīyè) unemployment; 失误 (shīwù) a slip/error.

字含“失”的汉字

• 铁 iron
• 秩 order
• 跌 to stumble
• 迭 repeatedly

词含“失”的词语

• 失望shīwàngdisappointedHSK 4
• 失败shībàibe defeatedHSK 4
• 失去shīqùto loseHSK 4
• 丢失diūshīto loseHSK 5
• 失业shīyèunemploymentHSK 5
• 失恋shīliànto lose one's loveHSK 5
• 失眠shīmiánto suffer from insomniaHSK 5
• 失误shīwùlapseHSK 5
• 损失sǔnshīlossHSK 5
• 消失xiāoshīto disappearHSK 5
• 丧失sàngshīto loseHSK 6
• 万无一失wànwú-yìshīsurefireHSK 7
• 失事shīshìto have an accidentHSK 7
• 失传shīchuánto die outHSK 7
• 失利shīlìto loseHSK 7
• 失态shītàito forget one's mannersHSK 7
• 失效shīxiàoto failHSK 7
• 失明shīmíngto lose one's eyesightHSK 7
• 失礼shīlǐto act discourteouslyHSK 7
• 失落shīluòto lose (something)HSK 7
• 得失déshīgains and lossesHSK 7
• 挂失guàshīto report the loss of somethingHSK 7
• 流失liúshīto wash awayHSK 7
• 缺失quēshīlackHSK 7
• 过失guòshīerrorHSK 7
• 迷失míshīto lose (one's bearings)HSK 7
• 失控shīkòngto go out of controlHSK 8
• 失灵shīlíngout of order (of machine)HSK 8
• 失踪shīzōngto be missingHSK 8
• 得不偿失débùchángshīthe gains do not make up for the lossesHSK 8
• 惊慌失措jīnghuāng-shīcuòto lose one's head out of fear (idiom)HSK 8
• 遗失yíshīto loseHSK 9

句例句

• 他迷失了方向。 Tā míshīle fāngxiàng.He's lost his way.
• 可惜他失败了。 Kěxī tā shībàile.It's a pity that he failed.
• 对不起让你失望了。 Duìbuqǐ ràng nǐ shīwàng le.I'm sorry to have disappointed you.
• 太阳消失在云层后面。 Tàiyáng xiāoshī zài yúncéng hòumian.The sun is disappearing behind the clouds.