Writing
失败 (shībài) — how to say "to fail" in Chinese
失败
To fail, failure
verb · adjective
Character composition
失
to lose
败
defeat
Radicals / Keys
大
Big
#37 · dà · 3 strokes
貝
Shell
#154 · bèi · 7 strokes
Collocations
经历失败
jīnglì shībài
experience failure
失败的原因
shībài de yuányīn
reason for failure
Examples
虽然他之前的几次创业尝试都失败了，但是他从中学到了很多经验，现在准备开始新的项目。
Although his previous attempts at starting a business failed, he learned a lot of experience from them and is now preparing to start a new project.
这次实验失败了。
This experiment failed.
Frequently asked questions
How to say fail in Chinese?
"to fail" in Chinese is 失败 (shībài).
失败 meaning in English
失败 (shībài) means "To fail, failure".
How is 失败 pronounced?
It is pronounced shībài (written as shibai). You can listen to the pronunciation on this page.
How do you write "to fail" in Chinese characters?
It is written 失败: 失 has 5 strokes, 败 has 8 strokes. The Writing section above animates the stroke order of each character and lets you trace it.
What HSK level is 失败?
失败 belongs to the HSK 4 vocabulary list.
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