消失

Character by character

• 消xiāo10 strokesHSK 3vanish, die out; melt away
• 失shī5 strokesHSK 3lose; make mistake, neglect

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 她消失了。

  Tā xiāo shī le

  She disappeared.

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• 他已消失多年了。

  Tā yǐ xiāo shī duō nián le

  It's been years since he disappeared.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 消失. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 消息xiāo xiHSK 3

  news; information

• 失去shī qùHSK 3

  to lose

• 失败shī bàiHSK 4

  to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat

• 取消qǔ xiāoHSK 3

  to cancel; cancellation

• 损失sǔn shīHSK 5

  loss; damage; to lose; to suffer damage

• 失望shī wàngHSK 4

  disappointed; to lose hope; to despair

• 失踪shī zōngHSK 7

  to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for

• 消防xiāo fángHSK 5

  firefighting; fire control

• 消除xiāo chúHSK 5

  to eliminate; to remove

• 消灭xiāo mièHSK 6

  to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory)

• 消费xiāo fèiHSK 3

  to consume; to spend

• 失误shī wùHSK 5

  lapse; mistake; to make a mistake; fault; service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)

• 失业shī yèHSK 4

  unemployment; to lose one's job

• 丧失sàng shīHSK 6

  to lose; to forfeit

• 消化xiāo huàHSK 4

  to digest (food); (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process

• 消xiāoHSK 7

  to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不 or 只 or 何 etc) to need; to require; to take

• 丢失diū shīHSK 7

  to lose; to misplace

• 消耗xiāo hàoHSK 6

  to use up; to consume

• 迷失mí shīHSK 7

  to lose (one's bearings); to get lost

• 消毒xiāo dúHSK 5

  to disinfect; to sterilize

• 失控shī kòngHSK 7

  to go out of control

• 失眠shī miánHSK 7

  to suffer from insomnia

• 消费者xiāo fèi zhěHSK 5

  consumer

• 失落shī luòHSK 7

  to lose (sth); to drop (sth); to feel a sense of loss; frustrated; disappointment; loss