失 shī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
失业
shīyè
to lose one's job; unemployment
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 他失业了。 Tā shī yè le. He lost his job.
- 失业很难受。 Shī yè hěn nán shòu. Unemployment feels very hard.
- 我怕失业。 Wǒ pà shī yè. I am afraid of losing my job.