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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• 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

2. (literary) to bungle; to mismanage

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 失事

1. accident; crash

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

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