Chinese word

丢失

Pronunciation

Pinyindiū shī

Meaning

  • verblose

Example

他把护照丢失了，找不到。tā bǎ hù zhào diū shī le zhǎo bú dào

He lost his passport and cannot find it.

Illustration for 丢失 (lose)

More examples

他的硬盘里的重要数据丢失了。tā de yìng pán lǐ de zhòng yào shù jù diū shī le

Important data on his hard drive was lost.

Core concept

Something slips from its place and cannot be found again, whether a person loses it or it goes missing.

Common phrases

  • 丢失数据diū shī shù jù

    lose data

  • 丢失文件diū shī wén jiàn

    lose documents

  • 丢失物品diū shī wù pǐn

    lose belongings

Similar words

丢diū: Losing a physical object and then being unable to find it, in casual spoken language.
丢掉diū diào: Causing an object to leave one's possession and not return, in casual spoken language.
遗失yí shī: Losing an important document or object and being unable to find it, in formal language.
失去shī qù: No longer having a person, thing, opportunity, or ability because it cannot be regained.

Definition in Chinese

指把东西弄丢或东西从原处消失而找不到的结果状态。zhǐ bǎ dōng xī nòng diū huò dōng xī cóng yuán chù xiāo shī ér zhǎo bú dào de jié guǒ zhuàng tài

Word origin

丢 (diū, "throw away") + 失 (shī, "be lost") joins the ideas of casting something away and no longer having it, giving the word its sense of being lost.

Usage tips

  • 丢失 (diūshī, "lose") fits formal descriptions of missing passports, files, or data, whereas spoken Chinese commonly uses 弄丢了 (nòng diū le, "lost it") for an everyday mistake.

Other meanings

  • misplaceverb
  • be lostverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 丢失物diū shī wùlost propertynoun
  • 丢失感diū shī gǎnsense of lossnoun

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