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损

sǔn

HSK 5 Character Traditional 損

What 损 means

1. bound formto decrease; to diminish
2. bound formto harm; to damage
3. colloquialto ridicule; to deride
4. colloquialmean; nasty; sarcastic

Example sentences

• 文件已损坏。
  The file is corrupt.
• 材料损坏了。
  This material is ruined.
• 我必须弥补损失。
  Wǒ bìxū míbǔ sǔnshī.
  I must make up for the loss.
• 脑损伤是先天的。
  Nǎosǔnshāng shì xiāntiān de.
  The brain damage was congenital.
• 您必须弥补损失。
  You must make up for the loss.
• 你必须弥补损失。
  You must make up for the loss.

Words starting with 损

• 损失sǔn shīloss; damage; to lose
• 损坏sǔn huàito damage; to injure
• 损害sǔn hàiharm; to damage; to impair
• 损伤sǔn shāngto harm; to damage; to injure
• 损益sǔn yìprofit and loss; increase and decrease
• 损耗sǔn hàoloss; depletion; wastage; wear and tear; to incur loss; to waste…
• 损毁sǔn huǐto damage; to wreck; to destroy
• 损人sǔn rénto harm others; to mock people; to taunt
• 损益表sǔn yì biǎoincome statement (US); profit and loss account (UK)
• 损人利己sǔn rén lì jǐharming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain to the detriment of…
• 损人不利己sǔn rén bù lì jǐto harm others without benefiting oneself (idiom)
• 损友sǔn yǒubad friend
• 损耗品sǔn hào pǐnconsumables
• 损赠sǔn zèngto donate; donation
• 损公肥私sǔn gōng féi sīto damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom)…

Words containing 损

• 亏损kuī sǔndeficit; (financial) loss
• 受损shòu sǔnto suffer damage
• 有损yǒu sǔnto be harmful (to)
• 破损pò sǔnto become damaged
• 磨损mó sǔnto suffer wear and tear; to deteriorate through use; to wear out
• 无损wú sǔnto do no harm (to sth); intact; (computing) lossless
• 完好无损wán hǎo wú sǔnin good condition; undamaged; intact
• 缺损quē sǔndefective; defect
• 全损quán sǔn(insurance) total loss
• 定损dìng sǔnto assess damage or loss (for compensation, insurance etc)
• 止损zhǐ sǔn(finance) stop-loss; to sell a security in response to its price dropping to one's…
• 海损hǎi sǔndamage to goods during shipping
• 消损xiāo sǔnwear and tear; to wear away over time
• 减损jiǎn sǔnto impair; to degrade; to decrease
• 防损fáng sǔnloss prevention
• 易损性yì sǔn xìngvulnerability
• 止损单zhǐ sǔn dānstop-loss order (finance)
• 止损点zhǐ sǔn diǎn(finance) stop-loss point…
• 环境损害huán jìng sǔn hàienvironmental damage
• 附带损害fù dài sǔn hàicollateral damage (both as a legal term, and as a military euphemism)
• 停损单tíng sǔn dānstop-loss order (finance)
• 健康受损jiàn kāng shòu sǔnhealth damage
• 劳损láo sǔnstrain (medicine)
• 重复性劳损chóng fù xìng láo sǔnrepetitive strain injury (RSI)

Characters built on 员

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

• 勋xūn(bound form) meritorious accomplishment
• 陨yǔn(bound form) to fall from the sky; variant of 殒
• 殒yǔn(literary) to perish; to die
• 郧yúnname of a feudal state
• 埙xūnocarina; wind instrument consisting of an egg-shaped chamber with holes
• 筼yúnused in 筼筜

Characters that look like 损

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

• 捐juānto relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy
• 顺shùnto obey; to follow; to arrange
• 颁bānto promulgate; to send out; to issue
• 颇pōrather; quite; considerably
• 捏niēto hold between the thumb and fingers; to pinch; to mold (using the fingers)
• 堀kūcave; hole

Sounds the same

Read sǔn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 笋bamboo shoot
• 隼falcon; Taiwan pr. zhǔn
• 榫(cabinetmaking) tenon
• 簨cross-beam for hanging bells