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丧

sàng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 喪

What 丧 means

1. to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc)
2. to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc)
3. to die
4. disappointed
5. discouraged

Other readings

丧 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• sāngmourning; funeral; corpse

Example sentences

• 他很沮丧。
  He is very depressed.
• 你很沮丧。
  You're very dejected.
• 真的令人丧气。
  Zhēn de lìngrén sàngqì.
  It was truly depressing.
• 汤姆有点沮丧。
  Tom is a little depressed.
• 我经常觉得沮丧。
  I feel depressed often.
• 这让我感到沮丧。
  It makes me feel sad.

Words starting with 丧

• 丧失sàng shīto lose; to forfeit
• 丧生sàng shēngto die; to lose one's life
• 丧命sàng mìngto lose one's life
• 丧事sāng shìfuneral arrangements
• 丧气sàng qìto feel disheartened
• 丧心病狂sàng xīn bìng kuáng(idiom) deranged; demented; berserk
• 丧礼sāng lǐfuneral
• 丧尽天良sàng jìn tiān liángdevoid of conscience (idiom); utterly heartless
• 丧葬sāng zàngfuneral and interment
• 丧乱sāng luàntragic disaster; disturbance and bloodshed
• 丧亡sàng wángto die
• 丧假sāng jiàfuneral leave
• 丧偶sàng ǒu(literary) to be bereaved of one's spouse
• 丧仪sāng yífuneral ceremony
• 丧妻sàng qīto be bereaved of one's wife
• 丧德sàng déwicked; offending morality
• 丧志sàng zhìto become demoralized; to lose one's sense of purpose
• 丧服sāng fúmourning garment
• 丧棒sāng bàngfuneral stick (held by the son as a sign of filial piety)
• 丧父sàng fùto be orphaned of one's father
• 丧尽sàng jìnto completely lose (one's dignity, vitality etc)
• 丧荒sāng huāngfunerals and famines
• 丧亲sàng qīnbereavement; to lose a relative
• 丧身sàng shēnto lose one's life

Words containing 丧

• 沮丧jǔ sàngdispirited; dejected; dismayed
• 垂头丧气chuí tóu sàng qìhanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected; crestfallen
• 懊丧ào sàngdejected; despondent; depressed
• 哭丧着脸kū sang zhe liǎnto pull a long face; to wear a mournful expression
• 沦丧lún sàngto be lost; to be ruined; to perish
• 颓丧tuí sàngdejected; disheartened; listless
• 哭丧kū sāngto wail at a funeral; formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the departed
• 灰心丧气huī xīn sàng qìdownhearted; downcast; in despair
• 奔丧bēn sāngto hasten home for the funeral of a parent or grandparent
• 出丧chū sāngto hold a funeral procession
• 喜丧xǐ sāngpeaceful death at a very advanced age
• 报丧bào sāngto announce sb's demise
• 守丧shǒu sāngto keep watch beside a coffin; to observe a period of mourning
• 居丧jū sāngto observe the ritual mourning
• 服丧fú sāngin mourning
• 母丧mǔ sāngthe death of one's mother
• 治丧zhì sāngto organize and carry out a funeral
• 父丧fù sāngthe death of one's father
• 发丧fā sāngto hold a funeral
• 号丧háo sangto weep; to howl as if at a funeral
• 玩人丧德wán rén sàng déto play with others and offend morals; wicked
• 玩物丧志wán wù sàng zhìlit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one…
• 哭丧棒kū sāng bàngmourning staff draped in white, held at a funeral to show filial piety
• 哭丧脸kū sang liǎnlong face; miserable look

Characters built on 土

These share the phonetic component 土 (tǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 场chǎnglarge place used for a specific purpose; stage; scene (of a play)
• 王wángking or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand
• 堂táng(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the…
• 壤rǎng(bound form) soil; earth; (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天
• 坊fānglane (usually as part of a street name); memorial archway
• 塘tángdyke; embankment; pool or pond
• 墒shāngplowed earth; soil moisture; furrow

Characters that look like 丧

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…
• 果guǒfruit; result; resolute
• 亮liàngbright; light; to shine; to flash; loud and clear
• 壳ké(colloquial) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc); case; casing…
• 畏wèito fear
• 秉bǐngto grasp; to hold; to maintain