失 shī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
失事
shīshì
to have an accident; to crash
Characters in this word
事 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 亅 — hook
Example phrases
- 客机失事后，调查人员首先封存了黑匣子和维修记录。 Kèjī shīshì hòu, diàochá rényuán shǒuxiān fēngcún le hēixiázi hé wéixiū jìlù. After the passenger plane crashed, investigators first sealed the black box and maintenance records.
- 直升机在山区失事，救援队立即出发。 Zhíshēngjī zài shānqū shīshì, jiùyuán duì lìjí chūfā. The helicopter crashed in the mountains, and the rescue team set off immediately.
- 渔船失事的消息一传来，大家都很担心。 Yúchuán shīshì de xiāoxi yī chuánlái, dàjiā dōu hěn dānxīn. As soon as news came that the fishing boat had been wrecked, everyone was very worried.
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