HSK 6 · Verbs

丧失 sàngshī “to lose” in Chinese

Traditional 喪失

What 丧失 means

  1. to lose
  2. to forfeit

How to say 丧失

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale丧sàng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale失shī1st tone, high and level

丧失 in a sentence

  1. 他完全丧失了能成功的信心。

    Tā wánquán sàngshī le néng chénggōng de xìnxīn.

    He had completely lost faith that he could succeed.

    Sentence #2054131 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 丧失健康比丧失金钱更糟糕。

    Sàngshī jiànkāng bǐ sàngshī jīnqián gèng zāogāo.

    Losing your health is worse than losing money.

    Sentence #728568 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 丧失 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 丧 (sàng) drawn as one shape
丧sàngto lose sth abstract but important

丧 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 失 (shī) with each of its parts in a different colour
失shīto lose
  • 丿slash · piě
  • 夫man · fū

How to write 丧失

丧 8 strokes · 失 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

丧失 (sàngshī) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 丧失 (sàngshī). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 丧失

Words with 丧

沮丧jǔsàng · dejected

Words with 失

失败shībài · to fail失望shīwàng · disappointed失眠shīmián · to suffer from insomnia失去shīqù · to lose消失xiāoshī · to disappear失业shīyè · unemployment损失sǔnshī · loss遗失yíshī · to lose (something)失踪shīzōng · to go missing失事shīshì · (of a plane or ship) to crash

More words: Common Verbs

容纳róngnà · to hold揉róu · to rub散布sànbù · to spread散发sànfā · to give off筛选shāixuǎn · to screen闪烁shǎnshuò · to twinkle捎shāo · to bring along设立shèlì · to set up

FAQs

丧失 (sàngshī) means “to lose” or “to forfeit”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it sàngshī: sàng with a 4th tone, then shī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 丧失 is written 喪失. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type sangshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 丧失 from the suggestions. Typing sangshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
丧失 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.