过 guò
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 寸 inch
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
过失
guòshī
fault; negligence; mistake
Characters in this word
失 shī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这起事故并非单纯的个人过失，而是多项制度漏洞共同作用的结果。 Zhè qǐ shìgù bìngfēi dānchún de gèrén guòshī, ér shì duō xiàng zhìdù lòudòng gòngtóng zuòyòng de jiéguǒ. This accident was not merely a matter of individual negligence, but the result of multiple systemic loopholes acting together.
- 这是他无意中的过失，并不是故意的。 Zhè shì tā wúyì zhōng de guòshī, bìng bú shì gùyì de. This was an unintentional slip on his part, not something done on purpose.
- 司机因为过失造成了小事故，赔偿了损失。 Sījī yīnwèi guòshī zàochéng le xiǎo shìgù, péicháng le sǔnshī. The driver caused a minor accident through carelessness and paid for the damage.
Related words
- 过 guò to cross, to pass; to spend (time), to celebrate
- 不过 búguò but; however
- 超过 chāoguò to exceed; to overtake
- 过来 guòlái to come over
- 过年 guònián to celebrate Chinese New Year
- 过去 guòqù to go over; to pass by
- 过 guo ever (past experience marker)
- 见过 jiànguo to have seen before
- 经过 jīngguò to pass by; to go through
- 难过 nánguò sad
- 通过 tōngguò to pass; through
- 走过 zǒuguò to walk past