HSK 6 · Transport

失事 shīshì “(of a plane or ship) to crash” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 失事 means

  1. (of a plane or ship) to crash
  2. accident
  3. (of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc)
  4. to mess things up

How to say 失事

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale失shī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale事shì4th tone, falling

失事 in a sentence

  1. 那架飞机失事的原因还在调查。

    Nà jià fēijī shīshì de yuányīn hái zài diàochá.

    The cause of the plane crash is still being investigated.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 幸好这次船只失事没有人受伤。

    Xìnghǎo zhè cì chuánzhī shīshì méiyǒu rén shòushāng.

    Luckily, no one was hurt when the ship was wrecked.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 失事 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 失 (shī) with each of its parts in a different colour
失shīto lose
  • 丿slash · piě
  • 夫man · fū
The character 事 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
事shìmatter
  • 一one · yī
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 彐snout · jì
  • 亅hook · jué

How to write 失事

失 5 strokes · 事 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 失事

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丧失sàngshī · to lose遗失yíshī · to lose (something)失踪shīzōng · to go missing

Words with 事

事shì · matter没事méishì · it’s nothing事情shìqing · matter同事tóngshì · colleague故事gùshi · story从事cóngshì · to engage in人事rénshì · personnel军事jūnshì · military affairs事实shìshí · fact事物shìwù · thing

More words: Everyday Things

逆行nìxíng · to go the wrong way (against traffic)桥梁qiáoliáng · bridge启程qǐchéng · to set out (on a journey)刹车shāchē · to brake隧道suìdào · tunnel停泊tíngbó · to anchor托运tuōyùn · to check in (luggage)向导xiàngdǎo · guide

FAQs

失事 (shīshì) means “(of a plane or ship) to crash” or “accident”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shīshì: shī with a 1st tone, then shì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 失事 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shishi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 失事 from the suggestions. Typing shishi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
失事 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.