Chinese symbol for “mishap”
闪失
shǎn shī
Traditional: 閃失
mishap; accident; accidental loss
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mishap is 闪失 (shǎn shī), defined as: mishap; accident; accidental loss.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mishap”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 意外 | yì wài | unexpected; accident |
| 不测 (不測) | bù cè | unexpected; measureless |
| 不幸之事 | bù xìng zhī shì | mishap |
| 长短 (長短) | cháng duǎn | length; accident; mishap |
| 差错 (差錯) | chā cuò | mistake; slip-up; fault; error; accident; mishap |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 闪失.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 闪电 (閃電) | shǎn diàn | lightning; measure word: 道 (dào) |
| 闪亮 (閃亮) | shǎn liàng | brilliant; shiny |
| 闪耀 (閃耀) | shǎn yào | to glint; to glitter |
| 闪烁 (閃爍) | shǎn shuò | to glisten; to glitter; to twinkle; to flicker; to be evasive; to equivocate |
| 闪光 (閃光) | shǎn guāng | flash |
| 闪闪 (閃閃) | shǎn shǎn | flickering; sparkling; glistening; glittering |
| 失去 | shī qù | to lose |
| 失败 (失敗) | shī bài | to be defeated; to lose |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mishap”.
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