shī

to lose; to miss; to fail

HSK 4 #375

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 375th character
Radical ⼤ (37.2)
Strokes 5
Index # 265

Definitions

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

Stroke order

失 stroke order diagram
失 stroke order animation

Words containing 失

Word Meaning
gains and losses; success and failure; merits and demerits
to suffer the painful loss of (a loved one etc)
to go deaf; to lose hearing
report the loss to the authorities concerned
(of skills etc) to die out; lost; extinct
an imbalance; to unbalance
to miss an appointment
to be overshadowed; to be eclipsed; to lose luster
greatly disappointed
(fig.) to take a turn for the worse
to let a great opportunity slip; to miss narrowly
to be at a loss
weightlessness
unemployment rate
to fail or lose (used in fixed expressions)
to blunder; miscalculation; to miscalculate
to lose one's virginity; to lose one's chastity
an unemployed person
displaced; homeless and wandering
reckless person; hothead
to lose sth and then regain it (idiom)
owner of sth lost or stolen
inappropriate; improper
absent-minded; to lose spirit; despondent
slip of the tongue; to blurt out a secret; indiscretion