Chinese word

消失

Pronunciation

Pinyinxiāo shī

Meaning

  • verbdisappear

Example

我的钱包好像消失了。wǒ de qián bāo hǎo xiàng xiāo shī le

My wallet seems to have disappeared.

Illustration for 消失 (disappear)

More examples

舞台上那个人突然消失了。wǔ tái shàng nà ge rén tū rán xiāo shī le

That person on the stage suddenly disappeared.

Core concept

Something moves beyond sight or reach until it is no longer present, whether it is physical or abstract.

Common phrases

  • 突然消失了tū rán xiāo shī le

    suddenly disappear

  • 慢慢消失màn màn xiāo shī

    slowly disappear

Similar words

不见bú jiàn: No longer be seen or found after moving out of sight.
丢失diū shī: Be missing and unable to be found, usually referring to an object or data.
失去shī qù: Lose possession of something valuable or lose the chance to do something.

Definition in Chinese

从可见或可触的状态中消失，不再看得到或找不到，也可指信息、迹象或记忆等抽象事物的丧失。cóng kě jiàn huò kě chù de zhuàng tài zhōng xiāo shī bú zài kàn de dào huò zhǎo bú dào yě kě zhǐ xìn xī jì xiàng huò jì yì děng chōu xiàng shì wù de sàng shī

Word origin

消 (xiāo, "remove") + 失 (shī, "lose") combines removal with loss to express something no longer present or findable.

Usage tips

  • This verb is normally intransitive, so the subject is the thing that vanishes rather than an agent that makes something vanish; an English transitive pattern needs a different Chinese construction.

Other meanings

  • cease to existverb

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