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失望

shī wàng

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

失望 (shī wàng) means "disappointed". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 失望 means

1. disappointed
2. to lose hope
3. to despair

The characters in 失望

• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
• 望wàngfull moon; to hope; to expect

Example sentences

• 不要失望。
  Don't be disappointed.
• 我失望了。
  I was disappointed.
• 别让我失望。
  Don't let me down.
• 别让他失望。
  Don't disappoint him.
• 你们失望吗？
  Are you disappointed?
• 让我失望了。
  It disappointed me.

Where 失望 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Negative emotions & reactions (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shī wàng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.