失 shī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
失踪
shīzōng
to go missing; to disappear
Characters in this word
踪 zōng
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 足 — foot
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 登山队员失踪后，救援人员连夜扩大了搜索范围。 Dēngshān duìyuán shīzōng hòu, jiùyuán rényuán liányè kuòdà le sōusuǒ fànwéi. After the mountaineer went missing, rescuers expanded the search area overnight.
- 孩子在商场里失踪了，家长非常着急。 Háizi zài shāngchǎng lǐ shīzōng le, jiāzhǎng fēicháng zháojí. The child went missing in the shopping mall, and the parents were very worried.
- 警方发布寻人启事，寻找失踪的老人。 Jǐngfāng fābù xúnrén qǐshì, xúnzhǎo shīzōng de lǎorén. The police issued a missing person notice to look for the missing elderly man.
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