失 shī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
失灵
shīlíng
to stop working; to malfunction
Characters in this word
灵 líng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 彐 — snout
- Made of
- 彐 snout 火 fire, flame
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 关键传感器在低温环境下突然失灵，导致整套监测系统无法及时报警。 Guānjiàn chuángǎnqì zài dīwēn huánjìng xià tūrán shīlíng, dǎozhì zhěng tào jiāncè xìtǒng wúfǎ jíshí bàojǐng. The key sensor suddenly malfunctioned in the low-temperature environment, preventing the whole monitoring system from sounding an alarm in time.
- 电梯又失灵了，我们只好爬楼梯到十层。 Diàntī yòu shīlíng le, wǒmen zhǐhǎo pá lóutī dào shí céng. The elevator broke down again, so we had to climb the stairs to the tenth floor.
- 遥控器失灵了，他只好走到电视前换台。 Yáokòngqì shīlíng le, tā zhǐhǎo zǒudào diànshì qián huàntái. The remote control stopped working, so he had to walk up to the TV to change the channel.
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