HSK 3 · Increase & Decrease

消失

xiāo shī

to disappear

Stroke order of 消失

2 characters, 15 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

消 · 10 strokes失 · 5 strokes

Memory trick

Water (氵) melts away (消) and slips (失) out of sight.

Parts: 消氵water + 肖; 失 lose

Example sentence

太阳消失在云后面。

The sun disappeared behind the clouds.

Words with 消

消费to consume; consumption 消息news; message 取消to cancel

Words with 失

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 失去to lose 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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