HSK 6 · Verbs

遗失 yíshī “to lose (something)” in Chinese

Traditional 遺失

What 遗失 means

  1. to lose (something)
  2. to lose
  3. to leave behind (inadvertently)

How to say 遗失

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale遗yí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale失shī1st tone, high and level

遗失 in a sentence

  1. 汤姆遗失了他的钥匙。

    Tāngmǔ yíshī le tā de yàoshi.

    Tom has lost his keys.

    Sentence #4805791 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 遗失 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 遗 (yí) with each of its parts in a different colour
遗yíto leave behind
  • 贵expensive · guì
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuò
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 遗失

遗 12 strokes · 失 5 strokes

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

Words related to 遗失

Words with 遗

遗憾yíhàn · regret遗传yíchuán · genetic遗留yíliú · to be left over遗产yíchǎn · heritage

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失踪shīzōng · to go missing失事shīshì · (of a plane or ship) to crash

More words: Common Verbs

依赖yīlài · to depend on遗留yíliú · to be left over引导yǐndǎo · to guide应邀yìngyāo · at someone’s invitation依托yītuō · to rely on涌现yǒngxiàn · to emerge拥有yōngyǒu · to have约束yuēshù · to restrain

FAQs

遗失 (yíshī) means “to lose (something)” or “to lose”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yíshī: yí with a 2nd 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, 遗失 is written 遺失. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yishi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 遗失 from the suggestions. Typing yishi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
遗失 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.