HSK 5 · Money

损失 sǔnshī “loss” in Chinese

Traditional 損失

What 损失 means

  1. loss
  2. damage
  3. to lose
  4. to suffer damage

Measure word 个 gè · 一个损失 yí ge sǔnshī

How to say 损失

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale损sǔn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale失shī1st tone, high and level

损失 in a sentence

  1. 公司遭受了巨大的损失。

    Gōngsī zāoshòu le jùdà de sǔnshī.

    The company suffered huge losses.

    Sentence #754025 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 问一下不会有什么损失。

    Wèn yíxià búhuì yǒu shénme sǔnshī.

    There’s no harm in asking.

    Sentence #805108 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我必须弥补损失。

    Wǒ bìxū míbǔ sǔnshī.

    I must make up for the loss.

    Sentence #1416297 from Tatoeba

How 损失 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 损 (sǔn) with each of its parts in a different colour
损sǔnto decrease; to diminish
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 员employee · yuánSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 员 (yuán) hints at the sound. Compare it with sǔn.

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 损失

损 10 strokes · 失 5 strokes

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

Words related to 损失

Words with 损

损坏sǔnhuài · to damage亏损kuīsǔn · loss (financial)

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

More words: Money & Economy

商品shāngpǐn · commodity商务shāngwù · business市场shìchǎng · marketplace税shuì · taxes讨价还价tǎojiàhuánjià · to bargain投入tóurù · to put in投资tóuzī · investment消费xiāofèi · to consume

FAQs

损失 (sǔnshī) means “loss” or “damage”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it sǔnshī: sǔn with a 3rd 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, 损失 is written 損失. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one loss is 一个损失 (yí ge sǔnshī).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type sunshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 损失 from the suggestions. Typing sunshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
损失 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.