失 shī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
失误
shīwù
mistake
Characters in this word
误 wù
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 吴 one of several warring states
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这是小失误。 Zhè shì xiǎo shīwù. This is a small mistake.
- 他有个失误。 Tā yǒu ge shīwù. He made a mistake.
- 别怕失误。 Bié pà shīwù. Do not be afraid of mistakes.
Related words
- 失去 shīqù to lose
- 消失 xiāoshī to disappear
- 失败 shībài to fail; failure
- 失望 shīwàng to be disappointed
- 失业 shīyè to lose one's job; unemployment
- 损失 sǔnshī loss; damage
- 错误 cuòwù mistake; error
- 误会 wùhuì misunderstanding; to misunderstand
- 误解 wùjiě to misunderstand
- 大奖赛 dàjiǎngsài Grand Prix
- 胜负 shèngfù win or lose; outcome
- 一流 yīliú first-class