失事

Chinese

		to lose; to miss; to fail	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (失事)		失	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shīshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ si⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sit-sīr / sit-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihshìh
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: shr̄-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyshyh
    • Palladius: шиши (šiši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 失事 失勢／失势 失恃 師事／师事 施事

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat¹ si⁶
    • Yale: sāt sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: sit-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-sū
    • Tâi-lô: sit-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sitsu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚³²⁻⁵ su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ su³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ su²²/

Verb

失事

1. to have an accident (especially on a ship or plane); to be involved in a crash

   失事船殘骸／失事船残骸  ―  shīshì chuán cánhái  ―  ship wreck

   失事飛機殘骸／失事飞机残骸  ―  shīshì fēijī cánhái  ―  airplane wreckage

   失事原因不明。  ―  Shīshì yuányīn bùmíng.  ―  The cause of the crash is not known.

2. (literary) to cause delays in work or business; to hold things up; to bungle matters; to mismanage

Synonyms

• (to have an accident):

• 出事 (chūshì)
• 有事 (yǒushì)
• 著㧣 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 著窒 (Hokkien)
• 著觸／著触 (Min Nan)

 

• (to cause delays): 誤事／误事 (wùshì)