失 sat¹ {shī}

1. to lose
2. to miss
3. to fail

失打 sat¹ daa² {shī dǎ}

noun; homophone for camera shutter

失德 sat¹ dak¹ {shī dé}

Misconduct

失婚 sat¹ fan¹ {shī hūn}

Divorced

失敬 sat¹ ging³ {shī jìng}

Apologized to the other, blame yourself for being impolite

失陷 sat¹ haam⁶ {shī xiàn}

verb; a city captured during wartime; to be held captive

失意 sat¹ ji³ {shī yì}

(adjective) Low spirit

失憶〔-忆〕 sat¹ jik¹ {shī yì}

Amnesia

失禮〔-礼〕 sat¹ lai⁵ {shī lǐ}

(verb) lose face

失物 sat¹ mat⁶ {shī wù}

noun; lost article; lost property

失勢〔-势〕 sat¹ sai³ {shī shì}

Losing power and influence, losing advantage

失實〔-实〕 sat¹ sat⁶ {shī shí}

adj.; inconsistent with the facts, an inaccurate report, statement, description, etc

失守 sat¹ sau² {shī shǒu}

loss of control or commanding rights; fall into enemy hands

失手 sat¹ sau² {shī shǒu}

(verb) Make a mistake

失蹄 sat¹ tai⁴ {shī tí}

to stumble (horse); ['making an unexpected failure or mistake' when use in the phrase '人有失足,馬有失蹄']

失拖 sat¹ to¹ {shī tuō}

noun; lovelorn, breakup

失威 sat¹ wai¹ {shī wēi}

the situation of losing 'face' or dignity in front of others

失運〔-运〕 sat¹ wan⁶ {shī yùn}

adj; unlucky, bad luck

失敗〔-败〕 sat¹ baai⁶ {shī bài}

1. to be defeated
2. to lose
3. to fail (e.g. experiments)
4. failure
5. defeat
6. CL: 次

失策 sat¹ caak³ {shī cè}

1. to blunder
2. to miscalculate
3. miscalculation
4. unwise (move)

失察 sat¹ caat³ {shī chá}

1. to fail in observing or supervising
2. to miss
3. to let sth slip through

失恃 sat¹ ci⁵ {shī shì}

1. to lose sb one relies upon
2. to lose one's mother

失錯〔-错〕 sat¹ co³ {shī cuò}

1. mistake
2. slip-up
3. by accident

失措 sat¹ cou³ {shī cuò}

to be at a loss

失聰〔-聪〕 sat¹ cung¹ {shī cōng}

1. to go deaf
2. to lose hearing

失寵〔-宠〕 sat¹ cung² {shī chǒng}

1. to lose favor
2. in disfavor
3. disgraced

失重 sat¹ cung⁵ {shī zhòng}

weightlessness

失傳〔-传〕 sat¹ cyun⁴ {shī chuán}

1. not transmitted
2. no longer extant
3. lost in transmission

失單〔-单〕 sat¹ daan¹ {shī dān}

list of lost articles

失地 sat¹ dei⁶ {shī dì}

1. to lose land
2. dispossessed

失掉 sat¹ diu⁶ {shī diào}

1. to lose
2. to miss

失當〔-当〕 sat¹ dong³ {shī dàng}

1. inappropriate
2. improper

失盜〔-盗〕 sat¹ dou⁶ {shī dào}

1. to have sth stolen
2. to lose to theft
3. robbed

失道 sat¹ dou⁶ {shī dào}

1. to lose the way
2. unjust
3. moral failing

失獨〔-独〕 sat¹ duk⁶ {shī dú}

bereaved of one's only child

失火 sat¹ fo² {shī huǒ}

1. to catch fire
2. on fire
3. fire (alarm)

失悔 sat¹ fui³ {shī huǐ}

1. to regret
2. to feel remorse

失歡〔-欢〕 sat¹ fun¹ {shī huān}

1. to lose favor
2. to become estranged

失風〔-风〕 sat¹ fung¹ {shī fēng}

1. trouble
2. damage
3. setback
4. sth goes wrong

失格 sat¹ gaak³ {shī gé}

1. to overstep the rules
2. to go out of bounds
3. disqualification
4. to lose face
5. disqualified

失禁 sat¹ gam³ {shī jìn}

(urinary or fecal) incontinence

失效 sat¹ haau⁶ {shī xiào}

1. to fail
2. to lose effectiveness

失衡 sat¹ hang⁴ {shī héng}

1. to unbalance
2. an imbalance

失口 sat¹ hau² {shī kǒu}

1. slip of the tongue
2. indiscretion
3. to blurt out a secret

失去 sat¹ heoi³ {shī qù}

to lose

失學〔-学〕 sat¹ hok⁶ {shī xué}

1. unable to go to school
2. an interruption to one's education

失控 sat¹ hung³ {shī kòng}

to go out of control

失血 sat¹ hyut³ {shī xuè}

blood loss

失意 sat¹ ji³ {shī yì}

1. disappointed
2. frustrated

失儀〔-仪〕 sat¹ ji⁴ {shī yí}

1. discourteous
2. failure of etiquette

失宜 sat¹ ji⁴ {shī yí}

1. inappropriate
2. improper

失言 sat¹ jin⁴ {shī yán}

1. slip of the tongue
2. indiscretion
3. to blurt out a secret

失迎 sat¹ jing⁴ {shī yíng}

1. failure to meet
2. (humble language) I'm sorry not to have come to meet you personally

失業〔-业〕 sat¹ jip⁶ {shī yè}

1. unemployment
2. to lose one's job

失約〔-约〕 sat¹ joek³ {shī yuē}

to miss an appointment

失語〔-语〕 sat¹ jyu⁵ {shī yǔ}

1. to let slip
2. loss of speech (e.g. as a result of brain damage)
3. aphasia

失期 sat¹ kei⁴ {shī qī}

late (for an appointed time)

失禮〔-礼〕 sat¹ lai⁵ {shī lǐ}

lacking in manners

失利 sat¹ lei⁶ {shī lì}

1. to lose
2. to suffer defeat

失靈〔-灵〕 sat¹ ling⁴ {shī líng}

1. out of order (of machine)
2. not working properly
3. a failing (of a system)

失落 sat¹ lok⁶ {shī luò}

1. to lose (sth)
2. to drop (sth)
3. to feel a sense of loss
4. frustrated
5. disappointment
6. loss

失戀〔-恋〕 sat¹ lyun² {shī liàn}

1. to lose one's love
2. to break up (in a romantic relationship)
3. to feel jilted

失聯〔-联〕 sat¹ lyun⁴ {shī lián}

1. to lose contact
2. to be lost

失迷 sat¹ mai⁴ {shī mí}

1. to lose one's way
2. to get lost (on the road etc)

失眠 sat¹ min⁴ {shī mián}

to suffer from insomnia

失明 sat¹ ming⁴ {shī míng}

1. to lose one's eyesight
2. to become blind
3. blindness

失望 sat¹ mong⁶ {shī wàng}

1. disappointed
2. to lose hope
3. to despair

失誤〔-误〕 sat¹ ng⁶ {shī wù}

1. lapse
2. mistake
3. to make a mistake
4. fault
5. service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)

失陪 sat¹ pui⁴ {shī péi}

1. goodbye (modest formula)
2. Excuse me, I must leave.

失散 sat¹ saan³ {shī sàn}

1. to lose touch with
2. missing
3. scattered
4. separated from

失身 sat¹ san¹ {shī shēn}

1. to lose one's virginity
2. to lose one's chastity

失神 sat¹ san⁴ {shī shén}

1. absent-minded
2. to lose spirit
3. despondent

失實〔-实〕 sat¹ sat⁶ {shī shí}

to give a false picture of the situation

失修 sat¹ sau¹ {shī xiū}

disrepair

失手 sat¹ sau² {shī shǒu}

1. a slip
2. miscalculation
3. unwise move
4. accidentally
5. by mistake
6. to lose control
7. to be defeated

失聲〔-声〕 sat¹ seng¹ {shī shēng}

1. to lose one's voice
2. (to cry out) involuntarily

失信 sat¹ seon³ {shī xìn}

to break a promise

失事 sat¹ si⁶ {shī shì}

1. (of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc)
2. to mess things up

失色 sat¹ sik¹ {shī sè}

1. to lose color
2. to turn pale

失竊〔-窃〕 sat¹ sit³ {shī qiè}

1. to lose by theft
2. to have one's property stolen

失笑 sat¹ siu³ {shī xiào}

1. to laugh in spite of oneself
2. to be unable to help laughing
3. to break into laughter

失常 sat¹ soeng⁴ {shī cháng}

1. not normal
2. an aberration

失算 sat¹ syun³ {shī suàn}

1. to miscalculate
2. miscalculation

失態〔-态〕 sat¹ taai³ {shī tài}

1. to forget one's manners
2. to forget oneself
3. to lose self-control (in a situation)

失調〔-调〕 sat¹ tiu⁴ {shī tiáo}

1. imbalance
2. to become dysfunctional
3. to lack proper care (after an illness etc)

失調〔-调〕 sat¹ tiu⁴ {shī diào}

out of tune (music)

失魂 sat¹ wan⁴ {shī hún}

to panic

失和 sat¹ wo⁴ {shī hé}

1. disharmony
2. to become estranged

失怙 sat¹ wu⁶ {shī hù}

to be orphaned of one's father

失責〔-责〕 sat¹ zaak³ {shī zé}

1. breach of responsibility
2. failure to carry out one's duty

失枕 sat¹ zam² {shī zhěn}

1. a crick in the neck
2. stiff neck

失真 sat¹ zan¹ {shī zhēn}

1. to lack fidelity
2. (signal) distortion

失墜〔-坠〕 sat¹ zeoi⁶ {shī zhuì}

loss

失職〔-职〕 sat¹ zik¹ {shī zhí}

1. to lose one's job
2. unemployment
3. not to fulfil one's obligations
4. to neglect one's job
5. dereliction of duty

失瞻 sat¹ zim¹ {shī zhān}

to fail to greet in timely manner

失節〔-节〕 sat¹ zit³ {shī jié}

1. to be disloyal (to one's country, spouse etc)
2. to lose one's chastity

失著〔-着〕 sat¹ zoek⁶ {shī zhāo}

1. unwise move
2. miscalculation

失足 sat¹ zuk¹ {shī zú}

1. to lose one's footing
2. to slip
3. to take a wrong step in life

失縱〔-纵〕 sat¹ zung¹ {shī zòng}

disappear

失蹤〔-踪〕 sat¹ zung¹ {shī zōng}

1. to be missing
2. to disappear
3. unaccounted for

失主 sat¹ zyu² {shī zhǔ}

owner of lost property

失禮人〔-礼-〕 sat¹ lai⁵ jan⁴ {shī lǐ rén}

to be a disgrace in front of others; to lose face in front of others

失落感 sat¹ lok⁶ gam² {shī luò gǎn}

feeling of emptiness, alienation

失眠症 sat¹ min⁴ zing³ {shī mián zhèng}

Insomnia

失失慌 sat¹ sat¹ fong¹ {shī shi huāng}

feeling scared, fear or panic

失魂魚〔--鱼〕 sat¹ wan⁴ jyu² {shī hún yú}

(slang) to describe someone is who is absentminded, scatterbrained and lost in thought; an inattentive person

失敗者〔-败-〕 sat¹ baai⁶ ze² {shī bài zhě}

loser

失讀症〔-读-〕 sat¹ duk⁶ zing³ {shī dú zhèng}

alexia

失憶症〔-忆-〕 sat¹ jik¹ zing³ {shī yì zhèng}

amnesia

失業率〔-业-〕 sat¹ jip⁶ leot² {shī yè lǜ}

unemployment rate

失業者〔-业-〕 sat¹ jip⁶ ze² {shī yè zhě}

an unemployed person

失語症〔-语-〕 sat¹ jyu⁵ zing³ {shī yǔ zhèng}

aphasia or aphemia (loss of language)

失面子 sat¹ min⁶ zi² {shī miàn zi}

1. to lose face
2. to be humiliated

失身分 sat¹ san¹ fan⁶ {shī shēn fèn}

demeaning

失寫症〔-写-〕 sat¹ se² zing³ {shī xiě zhèng}

agraphia

失體面〔-体-〕 sat¹ tai² min⁶ {shī tǐ miàn}

to lose face

失體統〔-体统〕 sat¹ tai² tung² {shī tǐ tǒng}

1. lacking in propriety
2. bad form

失智症 sat¹ zi³ zing³ {shī zhì zhèng}

dementia

失驚無神〔-惊无-〕 sat¹ geng¹ mou⁴ san⁴ {shī jīng wú shén}

(a phrase) all of a sudden; (adverb) suddenly; precipitously

失禮死人〔-礼--〕 sat¹ lai⁵ sei² jan⁴ {shī lǐ sǐ rén}

noun; breach of etiquette, impolite or feel embarrassed, humiliated

失匙夾萬〔--夹万〕 sat¹ si⁴ gaap³ maan⁶ {shī chí jiā wàn}

describes the situation where a son / daughter in a rich family is having difficulty in getting money from his/her parents (who are strict in financial); literally "a safe with no key"

失諸交臂〔-诸--〕 sat¹ zyu¹ gaau¹ bei³ {shī zhū jiāo bì}

chances slip through the fingers

失敗主義〔-败-义〕 sat¹ baai⁶ zyu² ji⁶ {shī bài zhǔ yì}

defeatism

失道寡助 sat¹ dou⁶ gwaa² zo⁶ {shī dào guǎ zhù}

1. an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius)
2. cf 得道多助 a just cause attracts much support

失獨家庭〔-独--〕 sat¹ duk⁶ gaa¹ ting⁴ {shī dú jiā tíng}

a family bereaved of its only child

失效日期 sat¹ haau⁶ jat⁶ kei⁴ {shī xiào rì qī}

expiry date (of document)

失而復得〔--复-〕 sat¹ ji⁴ fuk⁶ dak¹ {shī ér fù dé}

to lose sth and then regain it (idiom)

失物認領〔--认领〕 sat¹ mat⁶ jing⁶ ling⁵ {shī wù rèn lǐng}

lost and found

失物招領〔---领〕 sat¹ mat⁶ ziu¹ ling⁵ {shī wù zhāo lǐng}

lost-and-found

失魂落魄 sat¹ wan⁴ lok⁶ paak³ {shī hún luò pò}

1. dazed
2. beside oneself (idiom)

失之交臂 sat¹ zi¹ gaau¹ bei³ {shī zhī jiāo bì}

1. to miss narrowly
2. to let a great opportunity slip

失張失智〔-张--〕 sat¹ zoeng¹ sat¹ zi³ {shī zhāng shī zhì}

out of one's mind

失血性貧血〔---贫-〕 sat¹ hyut³ sing³ pan⁴ hyut³ {shī xuè xìng pín xuè}

blood loss anemia

失敗乃成功之母〔-败-----〕 sat¹ baai⁶ naai⁵ sing⁴ gung¹ zi¹ mou⁵ {shī bài nǎi chéng gōng zhī mǔ}

proverb: Failure is the mother of success; Failure teaches success.

失敗是成功之母〔-败-----〕 sat¹ baai⁶ si⁶ sing⁴ gung¹ zi¹ mou⁵ {shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ}

Failure is the mother of success.

失之東隅，收之桑榆〔--东------〕 sat¹ zi¹ dung¹ jyu⁴ ，sau¹ zi¹ song¹ jyu⁴ {shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú}

1. to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
2. to compensate later for one's earlier loss
3. what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts

失之毫釐，差以千里〔---厘-----〕 sat¹ zi¹ hou⁴ lei⁴ ，caa¹ ji⁵ cin¹ lei⁵ {shī zhī háo lí , chà yǐ qiān lǐ}

a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses

失之毫釐，差之千里〔---厘-----〕 sat¹ zi¹ hou⁴ lei⁴ ，caa¹ zi¹ cin¹ lei⁵ {shī zhī háo lí , chà zhī qiān lǐ}

a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses

失之毫厘，謬以千里〔-----谬---〕 sat¹ zi¹ hou⁴ lei⁴ ，mau⁶ ji⁵ cin¹ lei⁵ {shī zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ}

a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses