HSK 3 · Increase & Decrease

失去

shī qù

to lose

Stroke order of 失去

2 characters, 10 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

失 · 5 strokes去 · 5 strokes

Memory trick

A hand (手 shape) letting something slip (失) and going away (去) is loss.

Parts: 失 lose; 去 go away

The characters in 失去

去 qù — to go (5 strokes)

Example sentence

他失去了工作。

He lost his job.

Words with 失

消失to disappear

Words with 去

去年last year 去to go 出去to go out 进去to go in 回去to go back 过去the past; to go over 上去to go up 下去to go down; to go on 去世to pass away 看上去to look; it seems

More words: Increase & Decrease

增加to increase 增长to grow; growth 上升to rise 升to rise; to promote; liter 加快to speed up 加强to strengthen 补充to add; to supplement 补to make up for; to mend 缺to lack 缺少to lack; shortage 消失to disappear 浪费to waste 节约to save; to economize 存to store; to deposit 保存to keep; to save

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