Chinese Word: 喪 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

喪 (Simplified: 丧)Polyphone (多音字)HSK 6

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 口

Pictographic:To cry 哭 over the dead 亡

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- ⿻ Overlaid
  - 土 [ tǔ ] soil, earth; items made of earth
  - ⿰ Left to right
    - 口 [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
    - 口 [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
- 亡 [ wáng ] death, destruction; to lose; to perish

Pinyin: sāng

English Definition:mourning; funeral; (old) corpse

Chinese Definition:
①跟死了人有关的事：丧事。丧礼。丧亡。丧假。丧乱。治丧。吊丧。

Example Words:

喪事	sāng shì	funeral arrangements
喪葬	sāng zàng	funeral; burial
喪禮	sāng lǐ	funeral

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Pinyin: sàng

English Definition:to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc); to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc); to die; disappointed; discouraged

Chinese Definition:
①丢掉，失去：丧失。丧生。丧偶。丧胆。丧气(不吉利，倒霉。“气”读轻声)。颓丧(情绪低落，精神委靡)。懊丧。沮丧。丧权辱国。丧尽天良(良心全部失去了)。

Example Words:

喪失HSK 6	sàng shī	to lose; to forfeit
喪生	sàng shēng	to die; to lose one's life
喪氣	sàng qì	to feel disheartened

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Example Sentences

1		tā 他 sàng shī 丧失 le 了 xìn xīn 信心。 He has lost confidence.
2		tā 她 róng yì 容易 shòu dào 受到 pī píng 批评 ér 而 gǎn dào 感到 jǔ sàng 沮丧。 She is easily criticized and feels depressed.
3		wǒ men 我们 bù néng 不能 sàng shī 丧失 duì 对 wèi lái 未来 de 的 xī wàng 希望。 We cannot give up hope for the future.
4		tā 她 de 的 shī wù 失误 dǎo zhì 导致 le 了 sàng shī 丧失 yí cì 一次 jī huì 机会。 Her mistake led to the loss of an opportunity.
5		wǒ 我 zài 在 gǎn dào 感到 jǔ sàng 沮丧 shí 时 zǒng shì 总是 tīng 听 zhè 这 shǒu 首 gē 歌。 I always listen to this song when I'm feeling down.

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1		tā 他 sàng shī 丧失 le 了 xìn xīn 信心。 He has lost confidence.
2		tā 她 róng yì 容易 shòu dào 受到 pī píng 批评 ér 而 gǎn dào 感到 jǔ sàng 沮丧。 She is easily criticized and feels depressed.
3		wǒ men 我们 bù néng 不能 sàng shī 丧失 duì 对 wèi lái 未来 de 的 xī wàng 希望。 We cannot give up hope for the future.
4		tā 她 de 的 shī wù 失误 dǎo zhì 导致 le 了 sàng shī 丧失 yí cì 一次 jī huì 机会。 Her mistake led to the loss of an opportunity.
5		wǒ 我 zài 在 gǎn dào 感到 jǔ sàng 沮丧 shí 时 zǒng shì 总是 tīng 听 zhè 这 shǒu 首 gē 歌。 I always listen to this song when I'm feeling down.

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