HSK 5 · Verbs

消失 xiāoshī “to disappear” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 消失 means

  1. to disappear
  2. to fade away

How to say 消失

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale消xiāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale失shī1st tone, high and level

消失 in a sentence

  1. 疼痛消失了。

    Téngtòng xiāoshī le.

    The pain has gone.

    Sentence #1411730 from Tatoeba

  2. 他没有留下痕迹就消失了。

    Tā méiyǒu liúxià hénjì jiù xiāoshī le.

    He disappeared without a trace.

    Sentence #503190 from Tatoeba

  3. 飞机起飞后，很快就消失在了眼前。

    Fēijī qǐfēi hòu, hěn kuài jiù xiāoshī zài le yǎnqián.

    After taking off, the plane soon disappeared from sight.

    Sentence #5449365 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 消失 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 消 (xiāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
消xiāoto diminish; to subside
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 肖to resemble · xiàoSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 肖 (xiào) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiāo.

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 消失

消 10 strokes · 失 5 strokes

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

Words related to 消失

Words with 消

消息xiāoxi · news消化xiāohuà · to digest (food or information)取消qǔxiāo · to cancel消极xiāojí · negative消费xiāofèi · to consume消毒xiāodú · to disinfect消除xiāochú · to eliminate消耗xiāohào · to consume消灭xiāomiè · to wipe out消防xiāofáng · firefighting

Words with 失

失败shībài · to fail失望shīwàng · disappointed失眠shīmián · to suffer from insomnia失去shīqù · to lose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

More words: Common Verbs

显得xiǎnde · to seem显示xiǎnshì · to show相处xiāngchǔ · to get along (with someone)享受xiǎngshòu · to enjoy歇xiē · to rest行动xíngdòng · to act形成xíngchéng · to form休闲xiūxián · leisure

FAQs

消失 (xiāoshī) means “to disappear” or “to fade away”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xiāoshī: xiāo with a 1st 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.
Yes. 消失 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiaoshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 消失 from the suggestions. Typing xiaoshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
消失 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.