失 shī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
失利
shīlì
to suffer defeat; to lose
Characters in this word
利 lì
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 禾 cereal, grain, rice 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 球队在客场失利后，主教练公开承担了战术安排上的责任。 Qiúduì zài kèchǎng shīlì hòu, zhǔjiàoliàn gōngkāi chéngdān le zhànshù ānpái shàng de zérèn. After the team lost away from home, the head coach publicly accepted responsibility for the tactical arrangements.
- 他在决赛中失利，却没有灰心，明年再战。 Tā zài juésài zhōng shīlì, què méiyǒu huīxīn, míngnián zài zhàn. He lost in the final, but he was not discouraged and will compete again next year.
- 他这次考试失利，但没有灰心，继续努力。 Tā zhè cì kǎoshì shīlì, dàn méiyǒu huīxīn, jìxù nǔlì. He did poorly on this exam, but he was not discouraged and kept working hard.
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