Chinese symbol for “squander”
散失
sàn shī
to squander; lost
The closest CC-CEDICT match for squander is 散失 (sàn shī), defined as: to squander; lost.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “squander”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浪费 (浪費) | làng fèi | to waste; to squander |
| 荡 (蕩) | dàng | to wash; to squander |
| 耗费 (耗費) | hào fèi | to waste; to spend |
| 折腾 (折騰) | zhē teng | to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again |
| 耗 | hào | to waste; to spend |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 散失.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扩散 (擴散) | kuò sàn | to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse |
| 分散 | fēn sàn | to scatter; to disperse |
| 解散 | jiě sàn | to dissolve; to disband |
| 散发 (散發) | sàn fā | to distribute; to emit; to give off |
| 散布 (散佈) | sàn bù | to disseminate |
| 散文 | sǎn wén | (broadly) prose (as opposed to verse); (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections |
| 失去 | shī qù | to lose |
| 失败 (失敗) | shī bài | to be defeated; to lose |
See also: Japanese symbol for “squander”.
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.