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失败

shībài

Traditional: 失敗

to be defeated

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Meaning of 失败 in English

shībàiHSK 4verb, adjectiveSyllabus #1652
  1. to be defeated
  2. to lose
  3. to fail (e.g. experiments)
  4. failure
  5. defeat

Measure word: 次

Example sentences

  1. 我所有的尝试都失败了。
    wǒ suǒ yǒu de cháng shì dōu shī bài le。
    All of my attempts have failed.
    Tatoeba #799282 by fucongcong · #1159932 by tinytina · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 骄傲是失败的先行者。
    jiāo ào shì shī bài de xiān xíng zhě。
    Pride cometh before a fall.
    Tatoeba #3086999 by sadhen · #5720793 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 很奇怪，他失败了。
    hěn qí guài， tā shī bài le。
    Strangely enough, he failed.
    Tatoeba #9928688 by SbrAkr · #318625 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR

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HSK words with 失

失去HSK 4失望HSK 4丢失HSK 5失恋HSK 5失眠HSK 5失误HSK 5失业HSK 5损失HSK 5消失HSK 5丧失HSK 6
败 on its own →
bài · to defeat

HSK words with 败

打败HSK 4败HSK 6击败HSK 6败坏HSK 7–9挫败HSK 7–9腐败HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences