Cantonese Dictionary

失守

sat1 sau2

Mandarin: shi1 shou3

loss of control or commanding rights; fall into enemy hands

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失實

sat1 sat6

Mandarin: shi1 shi2

Simplified: 失实

adj.; inconsistent with the facts, an inaccurate report, statement, description, etc

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失寵

sat1 cung2

Mandarin: shi1 chong3

lose favor; be in disfavor; be disgraced

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失常性

sat1 soeng4 sing3

Mandarin: shi1 chang2 xing4

[醫]: disorder (lit., "not normal nature")

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失德

sat1 dak1

Mandarin: shi1 de2

Misconduct

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失心瘋

sat1 sam1 fung1

Mandarin: shi1 xin1 feng1

Simplified: 失心疯

to go insane; to lose one's mind [written and colloquial]

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失意

sat1 ji3

Mandarin: shi1 yi4

(adjective) Low spirit

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失態

sat1 taai3

Mandarin: shi1 tai4

to act inappropriately, beneath one's dignity or breaching etiquette

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失憶

sat1 jik1

Mandarin: shi1 yi4

Simplified: 失忆

Amnesia

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失手

sat1 sau2

Mandarin: shi1 shou3

(verb) Make a mistake

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失打

sat1 daa2

Mandarin: shi1 da3

noun; homophone for camera shutter

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失拖

sat1 to1

Mandarin: shi1 tuo1

noun; lovelorn, breakup

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失掉

sat1 diu6

Mandarin: shi1 diao4

to lose; to miss (an opportunity, a chance)

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失控

sat1 hung3

Mandarin: shi1 kong4

to lose control

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失效

sat1 haau6

Mandarin: shi1 xiao4

to lose effectiveness

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失敗

sat1 baai6

Mandarin: shi1 bai4

to fail; to lose; failure; loss | [粵]: also 輸

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失敗乃成功之母

sat1 baai6 naai5 sing4 gung1 zi1 mou5

Mandarin: shi1 bai4 nai3 cheng2 gong1 zhi1 mu3

Simplified: 失败乃成功之母

proverb: Failure is the mother of success; Failure teaches success.

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失敗是成功之母

sat1 baai6 si6 sing4 gung1 zi1 mou5

Mandarin: shi1 bai4 shi4 cheng2 gong1 zhi1 mu3

"Failure is the mother of success" (proverb)

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失敗者

sat1 baai6 ze2

Mandarin: shi1 bai4 zhe3

loser

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失散

sat1 saan3

Mandarin: shi1 san4

be scattered; be separated from

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失敬

sat1 ging3

Mandarin: shi1 jing4

Apologized to the other, blame yourself for being impolite

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失明

sat1 ming4

Mandarin: shi1 ming2

to become blind; blindness

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失望

sat1 mong6

Mandarin: shi1 wang4

disappointed

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失業

sat1 jip6

Mandarin: shi1 ye4

to lose a job; unemployment

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失業人士

sat1 jip6 jan4 si6

the unemployed

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失業救濟金

sat1 jip6 gau3 zai3 gam1

Mandarin: shi1 ye4 jiu4 ji4 jin4

dole; unemployment benefits

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失業率

sat1 jip6 leot6*2

Mandarin: shi1 ye4 lv4

unemployment rate

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失業者

sat1 jip6 ze2

Mandarin: shi1 ye4 zhe3

the unemployed; the jobless; an out of work

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失款

sat1 fun2

Mandarin: shi1 kuan3

lost money; money that has gone missing

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失準

sat1 zeon2

Mandarin: shi1 zhun3

unable to reach the required standard; fallout. imprecision; mistake

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