HSK 3 · Winning & Losing

输

shū

to lose

Stroke order of 输

输 is written with 13 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

The cart 车 with 俞 passing along: your cart carries away everything you owned, so you lose.

Parts: 车 vehicle + 俞 phonetic, transport or lose

Example sentence

他输了比赛，很难过。

He lost the game and felt sad.

Words with 输

输入to input; to import 运输to transport; transportation

More words: Winning & Losing

决赛final (match)得分to score; score 赢to win 胜victory; to win 胜利victory 金牌gold medal 银牌silver medal 排名ranking; to rank 领先to lead; to be ahead 落后to fall behind; backward 纪录record 全场the whole audience 争to compete; to argue 争取to strive for

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