失 (sat1) — lose in Cantonese
satˉ¹失
Mandarin Pinyin: shi1
Meaning of 失
nounlose
nounmake a mistake; [n] mistake; omission
nounlet slip; neglect; miss
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Example Sentences with 失
囚犯們企圖逃跑, 但是失敗了。
The prisoners attempted to escape but failed.
旅遊業者不須擔心少了某種噱頭十足的用語而流失生意
The travel industry should not be unduly worried about businesses badly affected due to the cessation in the use of gimmicky linguistics of their promotions.
janˎ₄人sangˉ¹生zeoi˗₃最kwan˗₃困jiuˊ²擾ziˉ¹之siˍ₆事mokˍ₆莫gwo˗₃過jyuˉ¹於song˗₃喪satˉ¹失liuˏ₅了janˎ₄人sangˉ¹生mukˍ₆目biuˉ¹標。
The biggest perplexity in life is losing the goal of life.
diˉ¹啲satˉ¹失matˍ₆物houˊ²好caiˎ₄齊cyun4.全。
The lost items are very complete.
niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度haiˍ₆係satˉ¹失matˍ₆物cyu3.處。
This is the lost and found.
Words Containing 失
失威sat1 wai1
degrade
失學兒童sat1 hok6 ji4 tung4
a dropout from school
人有失足, 馬有失蹄jan4 jau5 sat1 zuk1, maa5 jau5 sat1 tai4
everyone makes mistake sometimes (Syn: 人有錯手,馬有失蹄)
只許成功不許失敗zi2 heoi2 sing4 gung1, bat1 heoi2 sat1 baai6
Only allow success, not allow failure
失物招領sat1 mat6 ziu1 leng5
(department for) lost and found
一失足成千古恨jat1 sat1 zuk1 sing4 cin1 gu2 han6
one false step brings everlasting grief; a single slip may cause lasting sorrow; a moment's error can bring a lifelong regret
損失syun2 sat1
(v.) to lose (n.) a loss; losses
雙失青年soeng1 sat1 ceng1 nin4
(mostly those drop-out from school)
失去平衡sat1 heoi3 ping4 hang4
overbalance (lit: "lose level/even measure")
失約sat1 joek3
to fail to keep an appointment | In coll. Cant., one might use 放飛機
失身sat1 san1
(of a woman) lose one's virginity/chastity
失德sat1 dak1
immoral
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