损失

Character by character

• 损sǔn10 strokesHSK 5 traditional 損diminish; impair; injure
• 失shī5 strokesHSK 3lose; make mistake, neglect

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

Example sentences

• 问一下不会有什么损失。

  Wèn yī xià bù huì yǒu shén me sǔn shī

  Nothing is lost for asking.

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Words with the same characters

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

• 失去shī qùHSK 3

  to lose

• 消失xiāo shīHSK 3

  to disappear; to fade away

• 失败shī bàiHSK 4

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

• 失望shī wàngHSK 4

  disappointed; to lose hope; to despair

• 失踪shī zōngHSK 7

  to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for

• 损伤sǔn shāngHSK 7

  to harm; to damage; to injure; impairment; loss; disability

• 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

• 损害sǔn hàiHSK 5

  harm; to damage; to impair

• 丧失sàng shīHSK 6

  to lose; to forfeit

• 损sǔnHSK 7

  to decrease; to lose; to damage; to harm; (coll.) to ridicule; to deride; (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean; one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨

• 丢失diū shīHSK 7

  to lose; to misplace

• 迷失mí shīHSK 7

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

• 失控shī kòngHSK 7

  to go out of control

• 失眠shī miánHSK 7

  to suffer from insomnia

• 损坏sǔn huàiHSK 7

  to damage; to injure

• 失落shī luòHSK 7

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

• 失恋shī liànHSK 7

  to lose one's love; to break up (in a romantic relationship); to feel jilted

• 遗失yí shī

  to lose; to leave behind (inadvertently)

• 失效shī xiàoHSK 7

  to fail; to lose effectiveness

• 过失guò shīHSK 7

  error; fault; (law) negligence; delinquency

• 流失liú shīHSK 7

  (of soil etc) to wash away; to be eroded; (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere; to fail to be retained

• 失利shī lìHSK 7

  to lose; to suffer defeat

• 缺失quē shīHSK 7

  lack; deficiency; shortcoming; flaw; defect; to be deficient; to lack