Chinese word

遗失

Pronunciation

Pinyinyí shī

Meaning

  • verblose

Example

请不要把重要文件遗失了。qǐng bú yào bǎ zhòng yào wén jiàn yí shī le

Please do not lose important documents.

Illustration for 遗失 (lose)

More examples

我不小心在商场遗失了钱包。wǒ bù xiǎo xīn zài shāng chǎng yí shī le qián bāo

I accidentally lost my wallet at the mall.

Core concept

An object is no longer where it should be because it was left behind or dropped and cannot be found.

Common phrases

  • 遗失重要文件yí shī zhòng yào wén jiàn

    lose important documents

  • 遗失钱包yí shī qián bāo

    lose a wallet

  • 遗失行李yí shī xíng lǐ

    lose luggage

Similar words

丢diū: To lose a personal belonging by accident in everyday life.
弄丢nòng diū: To accidentally cause something to go missing through misplacing it.
丢掉diū diào: To lose something by letting it go and ending up without it.

Definition in Chinese

把物品放错地方或丢掉，导致无法找到。bǎ wù pǐn fàng cuò dì fāng huò diū diào dǎo zhì wú fǎ zhǎo dào

Word origin

遗 (yí, "leave behind") + 失 (shī, "lose") combines the ideas of leaving something behind and no longer having it.

Usage tips

  • In everyday conversation, this verb has a formal tone and is especially common in notices, forms, and reports about missing belongings.

Other meanings

  • dropverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 遗失物yí shī wùlost itemnoun

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