Kilo Lingo

(shī qù) - to lose, to be deprived of in Mandarin

shī

Traditional: 失去

Line drawing of 失去
Coloured illustration of 失去
HSK 4
#444 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to lose, to be deprived of

Word origin

失去 (shī qù) combines 失 (shī), 'to lose', an image of something slipping from a hand, with 去 (qù), 'to go away'. The compound means 'to lose' or 'to be deprived of'.

Origin
compound
Root
失 (shī, to lose) + 去 (qù, go away)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 失

Stroke order for 去

Examples

He lost his job.

I don't want to lose you.

zhēn

You only appreciate things when you have lost them.

He has lost all confidence.

We must not lose hope.

失去 (shī qù) - to lose, to be deprived of.

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Go to my review queue

This word is part of lesson 9.