Chinese symbol for “lose”
失去
shī qù
to lose
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lose is 失去 (shī qù), defined as: to lose.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “lose”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丢 (丟) | diū | to lose; to put aside |
| 输 (輸) | shū | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport |
| 丧失 (喪失) | sàng shī | to lose; to forfeit |
| 失 | shī | to lose; to miss |
| 亏 (虧) | kuī | to lose (money); to have a deficit; to be deficient |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 失去.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 过去 (過去) | guò qù | (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by |
| 去年 | qù nián | last year |
| 下去 | xià qù | to go down; to descend |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lose”.
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.