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消失

xiāo shī

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

消失 (xiāo shī) means "to disappear". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 消失 means

1. to disappear; to fade away

The characters in 消失

• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail

Example sentences

• 她消失了。
  She disappeared.
• 雪消失了。
  The snow has disappeared.
• 疼痛消失了。
  Téngtòng xiāoshī le.
  The pain has gone.
• 鼓声渐渐地消失。
  Gǔshēng jiànjiàn de xiāoshī.
  The drum faded away.
• 幽灵突然消失了。
  The ghost vanished suddenly.
• 我随时可以消失。
  I could disappear at any time.

Where 消失 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Throwing, Consuming & Disappearing (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiāo shī correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.