Chinese word

流失

Pronunciation

Pinyinliú shī

Meaning

  • verbdrift away

Example

客户开始流失了。kè hù kāi shǐ liú shī le

Customers are starting to drift away.

Illustration for 流失 (drift away)

More examples

由于价格上涨，很多用户开始流失。yóu yú jià gé shàng zhǎng hěn duō yòng hù kāi shǐ liú shī

Because of the price increase, many users are starting to drift away.

Core concept

Something that belongs to a group slowly slips outside it, leaving the group diminished.

Common phrases

  • 客户流失kè hù liú shī

    customer attrition

  • 人才流失rén cái liú shī

    talent drain

  • 用户流失yòng hù liú shī

    user attrition

Similar words

损失sǔn shī: Describes suffering damage when property, money, or profit is lost or reduced.
流出liú chū: Describes liquid, money, or other things flowing out from a place or group.
离开lí kāi: Describes leaving a place or organization to go somewhere else.
减少jián shǎo: Describes a number or amount becoming smaller.

Definition in Chinese

表示属于某一主体的人员、资金、信息等向外流动以致逐步减少或丧失，侧重被动的损失过程。biǎo shì shǔ yú mǒu yì zhú tǐ de rén yuán zī jīn xìn xī děng xiàng wài liú dòng yǐ zhì zhú bù jián shǎo huò sàng shī cè zhòng bèi dòng de sǔn shī guò chéng

Word origin

流 (liú, "flow") + 失 (shī, "lose") forms the idea of something being lost as it moves outward.

Usage tips

  • In business talk, the word can describe an organization losing customers or staff without claiming that they left deliberately or for a known reason.

Other meanings

  • loseverb
  • disappearverb

Opposites

  • 留住liú zhùretainverb

Related words

  • 流失率liú shī lǜattrition ratenoun

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