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失

Mandarin · pinyin shī

to lose
to miss
to fail

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失: shī · lose; make mistake, neglect

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1 · shi1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jat6 · sat1

Cantonese word readings for 失. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

to lose; to lose track of; to mislay
to fail; to not succeed
to breach; to violate
to neglect; to miss
mistake; fault; wrongdoing
75th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "failure" (𝍐)
(Xi'an Mandarin, vulgar, usually of a male) to fuck; to have sex with someone

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(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 逸 (yì, “to flee; to run away”)
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 佚 (“to ignore; indulgent”)

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