失败

Character by character

• 失shī5 strokesHSK 3lose; make mistake, neglect
• 败bài8 strokesHSK 4 traditional 敗be defeated, decline, fail

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 他的生意失败了。

  Tā de shēng yi shī bài le

  He failed in business.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 失败. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 失去shī qùHSK 3

  to lose

• 消失xiāo shīHSK 3

  to disappear; to fade away

• 损失sǔn shīHSK 5

  loss; damage; to lose; to suffer damage

• 失望shī wàngHSK 4

  disappointed; to lose hope; to despair

• 失踪shī zōngHSK 7

  to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for

• 败bàiHSK 4

  to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither

• 失误shī wùHSK 5

  lapse; mistake; to make a mistake; fault; service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)

• 失业shī yèHSK 4

  unemployment; to lose one's job

• 腐败fǔ bàiHSK 7

  corruption; to corrupt; to rot; rotten

• 丧失sàng shīHSK 6

  to lose; to forfeit

• 打败dǎ bàiHSK 4

  to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated

• 丢失diū shīHSK 7

  to lose; to misplace

• 迷失mí shīHSK 7

  to lose (one's bearings); to get lost

• 失控shī kòngHSK 7

  to go out of control

• 失眠shī miánHSK 7

  to suffer from insomnia

• 失落shī luòHSK 7

  to lose (sth); to drop (sth); to feel a sense of loss; frustrated; disappointment; loss

• 失恋shī liànHSK 7

  to lose one's love; to break up (in a romantic relationship); to feel jilted

• 遗失yí shī

  to lose; to leave behind (inadvertently)

• 失效shī xiàoHSK 7

  to fail; to lose effectiveness

• 过失guò shīHSK 7

  error; fault; (law) negligence; delinquency

• 流失liú shīHSK 7

  (of soil etc) to wash away; to be eroded; (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere; to fail to be retained

• 失利shī lìHSK 7

  to lose; to suffer defeat

• 缺失quē shīHSK 7

  lack; deficiency; shortcoming; flaw; defect; to be deficient; to lack

• 失明shī míngHSK 7

  to lose one's eyesight; to become blind; blindness