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失踪

shī zōng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 失蹤

失踪 (shī zōng) means "to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 失踪 means

1. to be missing
2. to disappear
3. unaccounted for

The characters in 失踪

• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
• 踪zōng(bound form) footprint; trace; tracks

Example sentences

• 他失踪了。
  He went missing.
• 坦克失踪了。
  The tank vanished.
• 很多人依旧失踪。
  Hěn duō rén yījiù shīzōng.
  Many people are still missing.
• 数十人仍然失踪。
  Dozens are still missing.
• 失踪的猫还没被找到。
  Shīzōng de māo hái méi bèi zhǎodào.
  The missing cat has not been found yet.
• 据我所知，她仍然失踪。
  As far as I know, she is still missing.

Words containing 失踪

• 玩失踪wán shī zōngto hide oneself (as a joke)

Sounds the same

Read shī zōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 师宗see 师宗县

Where 失踪 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shèng–shí (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shī zōng correctly.
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