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过失 guòshī “fault” in Chinese

Traditional 過失

What 过失 means

  1. fault
  2. error
  3. negligence
  4. (law) negligence
  5. delinquency

How to say 过失

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale过guò4th 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

过失 in a sentence

  1. 比尔承担了损失的过失责任。

    Bǐ'ěr chéngdān le sǔnshī de guòshī zérèn.

    Bill accepted responsibility for the loss.

    Sentence #798266 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 过失 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 过 (guò) with each of its parts in a different colour
过guòto cross
  • 寸inch · cùn
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 咼 () hints at the sound. Compare it with guò.

Memory aidWalking 辶 past: to pass, to cross. In the full form 過, 咼 (guō) gave the sound.

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 过失

过 6 strokes · 失 5 strokes

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

Words related to 过失

Words with 过

过guò · to pass过年guònián · to celebrate the Chinese New Year过来guòlái · to come over难过nánguò · be grieved过去guòqù · in the past经过jīngguò · to pass过节guòjié · to celebrate a festival超过chāoguò · to surpass通过tōngguò · to pass through过程guòchéng · course of events

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

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FAQs

过失 (guòshī) means “fault” or “error”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it guòshī: guò 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, 过失 is written 過失. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guoshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 过失 from the suggestions. Typing guoshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
过失 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.