| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 失 | shī | to lose; to miss; to fail | |
| 失敗 | 失败 | shī bài | be defeated |
| 失敗是成功之母 | 失败是成功之母 | shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ | "Failure is the mother of success" (proverb) |
| 失敗者 | 失败者 | shī bài zhě | loser |
| 失敗主義 | 失败主义 | shī bài zhǔ yì | defeatism |
| 失寵 | 失宠 | shī chǒng | lose favor; be in disfavor; be disgraced |
| 失掉 | shī diào | lose; miss | |
| 失讀症 | 失读症 | shī dú zhèng | alexia |
| 失火 | shī huǒ | catch fire; fire (alarm) | |
| 失控 | shī kòng | out of control | |
| 失利 | shī lì | suffer defeat | |
| 失戀 | 失恋 | shī liàn | lost in love |
| 失落的帝國 | 失落的帝国 | Shī luò de Dì guó | Atlantis: The Lost Empire |
| 失眠 | shī mián | (suffer from) insomnia | |
| 失明 | shī míng | to become blind; blindness | |
| 失去 | shī qù | to lose | |
| 失去意識 | 失去意识 | shī qù yì shí | unconscious |
| 失事 | shī shì | (have an) accident | |
| 失調 | 失调 | shī tiáo | imbalance; out of tune |
| 失望 | shī wàng | be disappointed; to lose hope; to despair | |
| 失誤 | 失误 | shī wù | lapse; miss |
| 失效 | shī xiào | to fail; to lose effectiveness | |
| 失修 | shī xiū | (n) disrepair | |
| 失學 | 失学 | shī xué | (v) lose opportunity to attend school |
| 失血性貧血 | 失血性贫血 | shī xuè xìng pín xuè | blood loss anemia |
| 失業 | 失业 | shī yè | unemployment |
| 失業率 | 失业率 | shī yè lǜ | unemployment rate |
| 失業者 | 失业者 | shī yè zhě | (n) unemployed |
| 失語症 | 失语症 | shī yǔ zhèng | aphasia |
| 失約 | 失约 | shī yuē | (v) fail to show up for an appointment |
| 失蠟法 | 失蜡法 | shī zhà fǎ | lost-wax casting |
| 失縱 | 失纵 | shī zōng | disappear |
| 失蹤 | 失踪 | shī zōng | be missing; be unaccounted for |
| 失足 | shī zú | to take a wrong step in life |
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