HSK 5 · Verbs

失去 shīqù “to lose” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 失去 means

  1. to lose

How to say 失去

  • 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去qù4th tone, falling

失去 in a sentence

  1. 我又失去了一次机会。

    Wǒ yòu shīqù le yí cì jīhuì.

    I’ve missed another chance.

    Sentence #1415794 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 今天，许多人担心失去工作。

    Jīntiān, xǔduō rén dānxīn shīqù gōngzuò.

    Today, many people worry about losing their jobs.

    Sentence #891313 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 我不想再失去你。

    Wǒ bù xiǎng zài shīqù nǐ.

    I don’t want to lose you again.

    Sentence #5091449 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 失去 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 去 (qù) with each of its parts in a different colour
去qùto go
  • 土earth · tǔ
  • 厶private · sī

Memory aidPicture someone leaving the ground 土 behind with a bag 厶: to go.

How to write 失去

失 5 strokes · 去 5 strokes

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

Words related to 失去

Words with 失

失败shībài · to fail失望shīwàng · disappointed失眠shīmián · to suffer from insomnia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失事shīshì · (of a plane or ship) to crash

Words with 去

去qù · to go去年qùnián · last year出去chūqù · to go out回去huíqu · to return进去jìnqù · to go in上去shàngqù · to go up下去xiàqù · to go down过去guòqù · in the past去世qùshì · to pass away

More words: Common Verbs

伸shēn · to stretch升shēng · to rise生产shēngchǎn · to produce省略shěnglüè · to leave out实现shíxiàn · to achieve使劲儿shǐjìnr · to exert all one’s strength属于shǔyú · to be classified as甩shuǎi · to throw

FAQs

失去 (shīqù) means “to lose”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shīqù: shī with a 1st tone, then qù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 失去 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shiqu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 失去 from the suggestions. Typing shiqu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
失去 is an HSK 5 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.