Chinese symbol for “disrepair”

失修

shī xiū

disrepair

The closest CC-CEDICT match for disrepair is 失修 (shī xiū), defined as: disrepair.

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Characters and stroke order

失 shī

to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect

radical 37 ⼤ · 5 strokes

修 xiū

to study; to repair; to decorate; to cultivate

radical 9 ⼈ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 失修.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
失去	shī qù	to lose
失败 (失敗)	shī bài	to be defeated; to lose
消失	xiāo shī	to disappear; to fade away
损失 (損失)	sǔn shī	loss; damage
失望	shī wàng	disappointed; to lose hope
失业 (失業)	shī yè	unemployment; to lose one's job
修改	xiū gǎi	to amend; to alter
维修 (維修)	wéi xiū	maintenance (of equipment); to protect and maintain

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.