失 shī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
失控
shīkòng
to lose control; out of control
Characters in this word
控 kòng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 空 hollow, empty, deserted, bare
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 一旦资本扩张失控，原本鼓励创新的市场也会变得排他而脆弱。 Yídàn zīběn kuòzhāng shīkòng, yuánběn gǔlì chuàngxīn de shìchǎng yě huì biànde páitā ér cuìruò. Once capital expansion gets out of control, a market originally meant to encourage innovation can become exclusionary and fragile.
- 雪天路滑，汽车一下就失控了，幸好没人受伤。 Xuětiān lù huá, qìchē yíxià jiù shīkòng le, xìnghǎo méi rén shòushāng. The road was slippery in the snow, the car lost control in a moment; luckily no one was hurt.
- 他最近压力太大，情绪有点儿失控。 Tā zuìjìn yālì tài dà, qíngxù yǒudiǎnr shīkòng. He has been under too much pressure lately and his emotions are a little out of control.
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
- 失误 shīwù mistake
- 损失 sǔnshī loss; damage
- 丧失 sàngshī to lose
- 得不偿失 débùchángshī the loss outweighs the gain
- 得失 déshī gains and losses
- 挂失 guàshī to report the loss of something
- 过失 guòshī fault; negligence; mistake