HSK 4 vocabulary › 失败
失败
失败 in English: to be defeated; to lose
shī bài
to be defeated; to lose
How to pronounce 失败
shī bài (without tone marks: shi bai). shī is a first (high, level) tone; bài is a fourth (sharply falling) tone.
Characters in 失败
失 shī
to lose; to miss; to fail
to lose; to miss; to fail
败 bài
to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent)
to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent)
Example sentences with 失败
| 回去以后，我反复听录音，发现失败不是因为问题不够聪明，而是因为我缺少耐心和真正的好奇心。 | from A Failed Interview |
Related words
| 失望 | shī wàng | disappointed; to lose hope | HSK 4 |
| 失眠 | shī mián | to suffer from insomnia | HSK 5 |
| 失去 | shī qù | to lose | HSK 5 |
| 失业 | shī yè | unemployment; to lose one's job | HSK 5 |
| 损失 | sǔn shī | loss; damage | HSK 5 |
| 消失 | xiāo shī | to disappear; to fade away | HSK 5 |
| 得不偿失 | dé bù cháng shī | the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom) | HSK 6 |
| 过失 | guò shī | error; fault | HSK 6 |
| 丧失 | sàng shī | to lose; to forfeit | HSK 6 |
| 失事 | shī shì | to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc); to mess things up | HSK 6 |