失 shī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
失态
shītài
to lose composure; to behave improperly
Characters in this word
态 tài
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这位发言人在质询环节突然失态，使原本精心设计的发布会陷入尴尬。 Zhè wèi fāyánrén zài zhíxún huánjié tūrán shītài, shǐ yuánběn jīngxīn shèjì de fābùhuì xiànrù gāngà. The spokesperson suddenly lost composure during the questioning session, throwing the carefully planned press conference into embarrassment.
- 他在婚礼上喝多了，说了一些失态的话。 Tā zài hūnlǐ shàng hē duō le, shuōle yīxiē shītài de huà. He drank too much at the wedding and said some improper things.
- 遇到再大的挫折，也要沉住气，不能失态。 Yùdào zài dà de cuòzhé, yě yào chén zhù qì, bùnéng shītài. No matter how big a setback you face, you must stay calm and not lose your composure.
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