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失

shī

HSK 4 Character

What 失 means

1. to lose
2. to miss
3. to fail

Example sentences

• 塞翁失马
  Sàiwēngshīmǎ
  Every cloud has a silver lining.
• 我迷失了。
  Wǒ míshī le.
  I am lost.
• 不要失礼。
  Bù yào shīlǐ.
  Don't be rude!
• 她消失了。
  She disappeared.
• 雪消失了。
  The snow has disappeared.
• 不要失望。
  Don't be disappointed.

Words starting with 失

• 失败shī bàito be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments)
• 失望shī wàngdisappointed; to lose hope; to despair
• 失去shī qùto lose
• 失业shī yèunemployment; to lose one's job
• 失眠shī miánto suffer from insomnia
• 失踪shī zōngto be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for
• 失误shī wùlapse; mistake; to make a mistake
• 失落shī luòto lose (sth); to drop (sth); to feel a sense of loss
• 失恋shī liànto lose one's love; to break up (in a romantic relationship); to feel jilted
• 失控shī kòngto go out of control
• 失意shī yìdisappointed; frustrated
• 失声shī shēngto lose one's voice; (to cry out) involuntarily
• 失利shī lìto lose; to suffer defeat
• 失明shī míngto lose one's eyesight; to become blind; blindness
• 失学shī xuéunable to go to school; an interruption to one's education
• 失调shī tiáoimbalance; to become dysfunctional; to lack proper care (after an illness etc)
• 失衡shī héngto unbalance; an imbalance
• 失效shī xiàoto fail; to lose effectiveness
• 失业率shī yè lǜunemployment rate
• 失礼shī lǐto act discourteously; forgive me (for my impropriety)
• 失足shī zúto lose one's footing; to slip; to take a wrong step in life
• 失灵shī língout of order (of machine); not working properly; a failing (of a system)
• 失态shī tàito forget one's manners; to forget oneself; to lose self-control (in a situation)
• 失事shī shì(of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident…

Words containing 失

• 消失xiāo shīto disappear; to fade away
• 损失sǔn shīloss; damage; to lose
• 丧失sàng shīto lose; to forfeit
• 迷失mí shīto get lost; to lose one's bearings
• 遗失yí shīto lose; to leave behind (inadvertently)
• 过失guò shīerror; fault; (law) negligence
• 得不偿失dé bù cháng shīthe gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
• 丢失diū shīto lose; to misplace
• 流失liú shī(of soil etc) to wash away; to be eroded; (fig.)…
• 不失bù shīstill possesses; yet retains…
• 得失dé shīgains and losses; success and failure; merits and demerits
• 缺失quē shīlack; deficiency; shortcoming; flaw; defect; to be deficient; to lack
• 有失yǒu shīto cause a loss of (decorum, dignity etc) (used in fixed expressions)
• 不失为bù shī wéican be regarded as; qualifies as (something positive)
• 惊慌失措jīng huāng shī cuòto lose one's head out of fear (idiom)
• 流离失所liú lí shī suǒdestitute and homeless (idiom); forced from one's home and wandering about; displaced
• 大惊失色dà jīng shī sèto turn pale with fright (idiom)
• 错失cuò shīfault; mistake; to miss (a chance)
• 不失时机bù shī shí jīto seize the opportune moment; to lose no time
• 大失所望dà shī suǒ wànggreatly disappointed
• 万无一失wàn wú yī shīsurefire; absolutely safe (idiom)
• 走失zǒu shīto wander off; to get lost
• 挂失guà shīto report the loss of something
• 患得患失huàn dé huàn shīto worry about personal gains and losses

Characters that look like 失

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

• 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now
• 史shǐhistory; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China
• 夹jiāto press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich
• 朱zhūvermilion
• 矢shǐarrow; dart; straight
• 夭yāo(bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. yǎo); (literary) (of vegetation) luxuriant

Sounds the same

Read shī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 师teacher; master; expert
• 诗poem; poetry; verse
• 施(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc)…
• 湿moist; wet
• 狮(bound form) lion
• 尸(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies)…
• 虱louse
• 葹Xanthium strumarium
• 蓍yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
• 浉Shi, name of river in Xinyang 信阳, Henan
• 絁rough, indelicate silk
• 邿place name