Chinese symbol for “lapse”
失误
shī wù
Traditional: 失誤
lapse; mistake; to make a mistake; fault
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lapse is 失误 (shī wù), defined as: lapse; mistake; to make a mistake; fault; service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “lapse”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 失误.
| 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 |
| 错误 (錯誤) | cuò wù | mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake |
| 误解 (誤解) | wù jiě | to misunderstand; misunderstanding |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lapse”.
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.