失 shī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
失落
shīluò
to feel lost or disappointed; to be lost
Characters in this word
落 luò
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 洛 a river in the Shanxi province
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 项目被取消后，团队成员难免感到失落，但他们很快重新调整了方向。 Xiàngmù bèi qǔxiāo hòu, tuánduì chéngyuán nánmiǎn gǎndào shīluò, dàn tāmen hěn kuài chóngxīn tiáozhěng le fāngxiàng. After the project was cancelled, the team members inevitably felt disappointed, but they soon readjusted their direction.
- 毕业后老朋友各奔东西，他心里觉得很失落。 Bìyè hòu lǎo péngyǒu gè bèn dōngxī, tā xīnlǐ juéde hěn shīluò. After graduation his old friends scattered in all directions, and he felt quite lost inside.
- 比赛输了以后，他一个人失落了很久。 Bǐsài shū le yǐhòu, tā yí gèrén shīluò le hěn jiǔ. After losing the match, he stayed downcast by himself for a long time.
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