失望

Chinese

		to lose; to miss; to fail	hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards
trad. (失望)		失	望
simp. #(失望)		失	望

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shīwàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ mong⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳt-mong
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sit-bōng / sit-bāng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīwàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihwàng
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-wang⁴
    • Yale: shr̄-wàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shywanq
    • Palladius: шиван (šivan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat¹ mong⁶
    • Yale: sāt mohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ mong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ mong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ mɔːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳt-mong
    • Hakka Romanization System: siid` mong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁵ mong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚² moŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-bōng
    • Tâi-lô: sit-bōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sitbong
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ bɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ bɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚³²⁻⁵ bɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ bɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-bāng
    • Tâi-lô: sit-bāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sitbang
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ baŋ³³/

Verb

失望

1. to lose hope; to be disappointed

   你一定不會失望的。 [MSC, trad.]
   你一定不会失望的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ yīdìng bùhuì shīwàng de. [Pinyin]

   You certainly won't be disappointed.

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 切心

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 失望

1. disappointed

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
失	望
しつ Grade: 4	ぼう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

失(しつ)望(ぼう) • (shitsubō) 

1. disappointment
2. despair

See also

• 期待外(きたいはず)れ (kitaihazure): disappointment; let-down

Verb

失(しつ)望(ぼう)する • (shitsubō suru) intransitive suru (stem 失(しつ)望(ぼう)し (shitsubō shi), past 失(しつ)望(ぼう)した (shitsubō shita))

1. be disappointed
2. lose hope

   現政権(げんせいけん)には失望(しつぼう)した。

   Genseiken ni wa shitsubō shita.

   The current administration is hopeless.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "失望する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	失望し	しつぼうし	shitsubō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	失望し	しつぼうし	shitsubō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	失望する	しつぼうする	shitsubō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	失望する	しつぼうする	shitsubō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	失望すれ	しつぼうすれ	shitsubō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	失望せよ¹ 失望しろ²	しつぼうせよ¹ しつぼうしろ²	shitsubō seyo¹ shitsubō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	失望される	しつぼうされる	shitsubō sareru
Causative	失望させる 失望さす	しつぼうさせる しつぼうさす	shitsubō saseru shitsubō sasu
Potential	失望できる	しつぼうできる	shitsubō dekiru
Volitional	失望しよう	しつぼうしよう	shitsubō shiyō
Negative	失望しない	しつぼうしない	shitsubō shinai
Negative continuative	失望せず	しつぼうせず	shitsubō sezu
Formal	失望します	しつぼうします	shitsubō shimasu
Perfective	失望した	しつぼうした	shitsubō shita
Conjunctive	失望して	しつぼうして	shitsubō shite
Hypothetical conditional	失望すれば	しつぼうすれば	shitsubō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
失	望

Noun

失望 • (silmang) (hangeul 실망)

1. Hanja form^? of 실망 (“disappointment; letdown”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
失	望

Noun

失望

1. chữ Hán form of thất vọng (“disappointment”).

Adjective

失望

1. chữ Hán form of thất vọng (“disappointed”).