失望
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 4
失望 (shīwàng) · disappointed
失望 (shīwàng) means “disappointed; to lose hope”. It is written with 2 characters: 失 (to lose) + 望 (to expect). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 失望 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)
望 wàng · to expect
What 望 is made of
- 亡wáng — death
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
- 月yuè — moon; month
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 王wáng — king
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: A king 王 gazing at the moon 月; 亡 provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我对这次考试很失望。Wǒ duì zhè cì kǎoshì hěn shīwàng.I'm very disappointed with this exam.
别让妈妈失望。Bié ràng māma shīwàng.Don't let Mom down.
Questions about 失望
What does 失望 mean?
失望 (shīwàng) means “disappointed; to lose hope”.
How do you pronounce 失望?
失望 is pronounced shīwàng.
Which HSK level is 失望?
失望 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 失去shīqùto lose
- 消失xiāoshīto disappear
- 失败shībàito fail
- 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 失望 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 36: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.