失去
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 5
失去 (shīqù) · to lose
失去 (shīqù) means “to lose”. It is written with 2 characters: 失 (to lose) + 去 (to go). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 失去 is built
The characters
失 shī · to lose
What 失 is made of
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 夫fū — man
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
Origin hint: Something 丿 falling from a hand 夫 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
去 qù · to go
What 去 is made of
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
- 厶sī — private
Example sentences
他失去了工作。Tā shīqù le gōngzuò.He lost his job.
遇到困难不要失去信心。Yù dào kùnnan bù yào shīqù xìnxīn.Don't lose confidence when you meet difficulties.
Questions about 失去
What does 失去 mean?
失去 (shīqù) means “to lose”.
How do you pronounce 失去?
失去 is pronounced shīqù.
Which HSK level is 失去?
失去 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 消失xiāoshīto disappear
- 失败shībàito fail
- 失望shīwàngdisappointed
- 失业shīyèto lose one's job
- 失眠shīmiáninsomnia
- 损失sǔnshīloss
- 得不偿失débùchángshīthe gains don't make up for the losses
- 过失guòshīfault
- 丧失sàngshīto lose
- 失事shīshìto crash
Learn 失去 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 50: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.