HSK 4
失败
失敗
Meaning
- to be defeated
- to lose
- to fail (e.g. experiments)
- failure
- defeat
- Traditional
- 失敗
- Pinyin
- shī bài
- Classifier
- 次(cì)
Character reference
Components and radical classification
失
shīto lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
Primary radical大 · big
败
bàifailure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat
Primary radical贝 · shell
敗
bàifailure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat
Primary radical攵 · rap
Radical classification does not necessarily describe a character’s modern meaning. Semantic and phonetic roles are shown only when supported by the cited formation data.
Writing practice
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