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失敗

失敗

See also: 失败

Chinese

to lose; to miss; to fail be defeated; to defeat; loss
trad. (失敗) 失 敗
simp. (失败) 失 败

Verb

失敗

  1. (intransitive) to fail; to be defeated
    他們的計劃註定要失敗。 [MSC, trad.]
    他们的计划注定要失败。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tāmen de jìhuà zhùdìng yào shībài. [Pinyin]
    Their plan is doomed to fail.

Noun

失敗

  1. failure; defeat
    最初政府不願承認失敗。 [MSC, trad.]
    最初政府不愿承认失败。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zuìchū zhèngfǔ bùyuàn chéngrèn shībài. [Pinyin]
    Initially the government was unwilling to acknowledge the defeat.

Adjective

失敗

  1. failed; unsuccessful
    她是最偉大的女性，最失敗的妻子。 [MSC, trad.]
    她是最伟大的女性，最失败的妻子。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā shì zuì wěidà de nǚxìng, zuì shībài de qīzi. [Pinyin]
    She is the greatest woman but the worst wife.
    我真失敗。 / 我真失败。  ―  Wǒ zhēn shībài.  ―  I am such a failure.
  2. (attributive) failed (of a state)

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
失 敗
しつ > しっ
Grade: 4 		はい > ぱい
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

失敗 ‎(hiragana しっぱい, romaji shippai)

  1. failure, miscarriage
  2. mistake, fault, error

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Verb

失敗する ‎(transitive and intransitive, hiragana しっぱいする, romaji shippai suru)

  1. fail
  2. make a mistake

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References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term
失 敗

Noun

失敗 • ‎(silpae) ‎(hangeul 실패)

  1. Hanja form? of 실패, “failure”.

Pronunciation

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