消失
HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 5
消失 (xiāoshī) · to disappear
消失 (xiāoshī) means “to disappear; to vanish”. It is written with 2 characters: 消 (news) + 失 (to lose). It is an HSK 3 word in the 2021 standard.
How 消失 is built
The characters
消 xiāo · news
What 消 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 肖xiào — to resemble
- ⺌ — structural part
- ⺼ — meat
Origin hint: 氵 gives the meaning, 肖 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
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)
Example sentences
太阳消失在山后面。Tàiyáng xiāoshī zài shān hòumiàn.The sun disappeared behind the mountain.
他突然消失了。Tā tūrán xiāoshī le.He suddenly disappeared.
Questions about 消失
What does 消失 mean?
消失 (xiāoshī) means “to disappear; to vanish”.
How do you pronounce 消失?
消失 is pronounced xiāoshī.
Which HSK level is 消失?
消失 is in HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 取消qǔxiāoto cancel
- 消费xiāofèito spend
- 消息xiāoxinews
- 消化xiāohuàto digest
- 消极xiāojínegative
- 消除xiāochúto remove
- 消毒xiāodúto disinfect
- 消防xiāofángfirefighting
- 消耗xiāohàoto consume
- 消灭xiāomièto wipe out
Learn 消失 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 10: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.