失志

Chinese

		to lose; to miss; to fail	the will
simp. and trad. (失志)		失	志

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shīzhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ zi³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳt-chṳ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sit-chì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-chih⁴
    • Yale: shr̄-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyjyh
    • Palladius: шичжи (šičži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat¹ zi³
    • Yale: sāt ji
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ dzi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ ji³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳt-chṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: siid^ˋ zii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁵ zi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚² t͡sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-chì
    • Tâi-lô: sit-tsì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sitcix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡si²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚³²⁻⁵ t͡si²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡si¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡si²¹/

Verb

失志

1. to be disappointed; to be despondent

   • 一時失志不免怨嘆　一時落魄不免膽寒 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     一时失志不免怨叹　一时落魄不免胆寒 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1988, (deprecated template usage) 葉啟田 (lyricist (deprecated template usage) 陳百潭), (deprecated template usage) 愛拚才會贏

     chi̍t-sî sit-chì m̄-bián oàn-thàn, chi̍t-sî lo̍k-phek m̄-bián tám-hân [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     When you're disappointed, you don't have to complain; when you're frustrated, you don't have to be afraid.

Synonyms

• 餒志／馁志
• 灰心喪氣／灰心丧气 (huīxīnsàngqì)