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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 失败

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
失败 shī bài - to be defeated
- to lose
- to fail (e.g. experiments)
- failure
- defeat
- CL:次[ci4]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
4 4 1,131 2,049 1,441

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shī- to lose
- to miss
- to fail
bài- to defeat
- to damage
- to lose (to an opponent)
- to fail
- to wither

Other Words Containing 失败

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
失败 4 4 1,131 2,049 1,441
失败者 - - 3,582 31,260 17,586