HSK 4 · Emotions

失望 shīwàng “disappointed” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 失望 means

  1. disappointed
  2. to lose hope
  3. to despair

How to say 失望

  • 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望wàng4th tone, falling

失望 in a sentence

  1. 你太让我失望了。

    Nǐ tài ràng wǒ shīwàng le.

    You’ve really let me down.

    Sentence #1763042 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我永远不会让你失望。

    Wǒ yǒngyuǎn búhuì ràng nǐ shīwàng.

    I would never let you down.

    Sentence #9952202 from Tatoeba

  3. 我有一点失望。

    Wǒ yǒu yìdiǎn shīwàng.

    I was a little disappointed.

    Sentence #924087 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 失望 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 望 (wàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
望wàngfull moon
  • 亡death · wáng
  • 月moon · yuè
  • 王king · wáng

Memory aidA person standing gazing at the moon 月 far away: to gaze, to hope.

How to write 失望

失 5 strokes · 望 11 strokes

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

Words related to 失望

Words with 失

失败shībài · to fail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失事shīshì · (of a plane or ship) to crash

Words with 望

希望xīwàng · to hope盼望pànwàng · to hope for看望kànwàng · to visit愿望yuànwàng · desire探望tànwàng · to visit (esp. someone ill or elderly)绝望juéwàng · to despair渴望kěwàng · to long for期望qīwàng · to expect欲望yùwàng · desire指望zhǐwàng · to count on

More words: Emotions & Feelings

浪漫làngmàn · romantic麻烦máfan · trouble难受nánshòu · to feel unwell失败shībài · to fail受不了shòubùliǎo · unbearable态度tàidu · attitude讨厌tǎoyàn · to dislike同情tóngqíng · to sympathise with

FAQs

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