迷 mí
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 米 rice, millet, grain
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
迷失
míshī
to lose one’s way; to become lost
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
- 企业若只追逐流量，很容易在快速扩张中迷失自身定位。 Qǐyè ruò zhǐ zhuīzhú liúliàng, hěn róngyì zài kuàisù kuòzhāng zhōng míshī zìshēn dìngwèi. If a company only chases traffic, it can easily lose its own positioning during rapid expansion.
- 大雾里，游客迷失了方向，只好原地等待救援。 Dàwù lǐ, yóukè míshī le fāngxiàng, zhǐhǎo yuándì děngdài jiùyuán. In the thick fog the tourists lost their bearings and had no choice but to wait for rescue where they were.
- 在忙碌的生活中，我们很容易迷失自己。 Zài mánglù de shēnghuó zhōng, wǒmen hěn róngyì míshī zìjǐ. In a busy life, we easily lose ourselves.
Related words
- 歌迷 gēmí fan of a singer
- 迷 mí fan; to be lost
- 球迷 qiúmí sports fan
- 迷人 mírén charming
- 迷信 míxìn superstitious; superstition
- 沉迷 chénmí to be obsessed with; addicted to
- 痴迷 chīmí to be obsessed with; to be infatuated with
- 低迷 dīmí sluggish; depressed
- 昏迷 hūnmí to be unconscious; to be in a coma
- 迷惑 míhuò confused; to confuse
- 迷恋 míliàn to be obsessed with; to be infatuated with
- 着迷 zháomí to be fascinated; to be captivated