失败
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

失败

shībài

to be defeated

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to be defeated

02

to lose

03

to fail (e.g. experiments)

04

failure

05

defeat

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Usage notes and example sentences are hand-written, so they exist for only a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 失败

What does 失败 mean in Chinese?

失败 (shībài) means to be defeated.

How do you pronounce 失败?

失败 is pronounced shībài.

Is 失败 an HSK word?

失败 is on the HSK 4 list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

What part of speech is 失败?

失败 is used as a 动词 / 形容词 (verb / adjective) in Chinese.

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