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shī Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shī | shi1
English translation
to lose
to miss
to fail
to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect

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About shī

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

shī

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

Something 丿 piě falling from a hand 

Etymology of shī

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

丿夫

Explanation

Pictograph of something falling out of the hand.

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Example sentences using shī

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duì 这些 zhè xiē mèng suǒ 显示 xiǎnshì 出来 chū lái de 肤浅 fū qiǎn de 爱好 àihào 大为 dà wéi 失望 shīwàng .

I was badly disappointed by the shallow interests such dreams betrayed.

因此 yīncǐ dāng 互补 hù bǔ 染色体 rǎn sè tǐ 丢失 diū shī shí , jiù huì 产生 chǎnshēng 恶性 è xìng fēn .

Maligrant segregants may, therefore, arise when complementing chromosomes are lost.

估计 gūjì Xiàng 损失 sǔnshī 8000 Yuán .

I estimate the damage at 8000 yuan.

失败者 shī bài zhě duì 奖品 jiǎng pǐn de 轻视 qīngshì 纯粹 chúncuì shì chī 不到 bù dào 葡萄 pútao shuì 葡萄 pútao suān .

The loser's scorn for the award is pure sour grape.

甚至 shènzhì 我们 wǒmen 防御战 de 战绩 zhàn jì 充满 chōngmǎn zhāo 悲惨 bēicǎn de 失败 shībài .

Even our defensive record was tragically draped in defeats.

Words with shī

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
失去 shīqù to lose失去 shīqù
消失 xiāoshī to disappear消失 xiāoshī
失败 shībài to lose失敗
失望 shīwàng disappointed失望 shīwàng
损失 sǔnshī loss損失
失踪 shīzōng to be missing失蹤
shī to lose shī
失误 shīwù lapse失誤
失业 shīyè unemployment失業
失陪 shī péi goodbye (modest formula)失陪 shī péi
丧失 sàngshī to lose喪失
失眠 shīmián to suffer from insomnia失眠 shīmián
失恋 shī liàn to lose one's love失戀
失控 shī kòng to go out of control失控 shī kòng
迷失 mí shī to get lost迷失 mí shī
丢失 diū shī to lose丟失
失落 shī luò to lose (sth)失落 shī luò
失败者 shī bài zhě loser失敗者
流失 liú shī drainage流失 liú shī
失常 shī cháng not normal失常 shī cháng
失利 shī lì to lose失利 shī lì
遗失 yíshī to lose遺失
失效 shī xiào to fail失效 shī xiào
缺失 quē shī deficiency缺失 quē shī
过失 guòshī error過失

shī Decomposition & Compounds

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shī Decomposition

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shī Compounds

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  • shī
    • Tiě , diē , zhì , dié , , , , zhì , chì , dié , zhí , , dié , dié , zhì , zhì , zhí , dié , , , , , , , , , , ,
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