Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "失", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "失", and master the standard way of writing the character "失".
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "失" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "失" in Landscape Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Pinyin
shī
Definition
to lose / to miss / to fail
to laugh involuntarily / Taiwan pr. [e4 ran2 shi1 xiao4]
to be defeated / to lose / to fail (e.g. experiments) / failure / defeat / CL:次[ci4]
loss / damage / CL:個|个[ge4] / to lose / to suffer damage
unemployment / to lose one's job
to disappear / to fade away
lapse / mistake / to make a mistake / fault / service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)
disappointed / to lose hope / to despair
to lose / to suffer defeat
drainage / to run off / to wash away
to be missing / to disappear / unaccounted for
imbalance / to become dysfunctional / to lack proper care (after an illness etc)
unable to go to school / an interruption to one's education
not normal / an aberration
to lose (sth) / to drop (sth) / to feel a sense of loss / frustrated / disappointment / loss
to fail or lose (used in fixed expressions)
gains and losses / success and failure / merits and demerits
(military) (of a city etc) to fall into enemy hands / (fig.) to take a turn for the worse
to lose favor / in disfavor / disgraced
lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom) / fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once / cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other
feel lost / become lost in a deep reverie / be in a despondent mood
to lose one's love / to break up (in a romantic relationship) / to feel jilted
see 驚慌失措|惊慌失措[jing1 huang1 shi1 cuo4]
to lose one's head out of fear (idiom)