| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 哀失 | āi shī | bereavement | |
| 百無一失 | 百无一失 | bǎi wú yī shī | no danger of anything going wrong; no risk at all |
| 半失業 | 半失业 | bàn shī yè | semi-employed; partly employed; underemployed |
| 報失 | 报失 | bào shī | report the loss to the authorities concerned |
| 表達失語症 | 表达失语症 | biǎo dá shī yǔ zhèng | expressive aphasia |
| 不失時機 | 不失时机 | bù shī shí jī | seize the opportune moment; lose no time |
| 不失為 | 不失为 | bù shī wéi | can still be considered (to be...); may after all be accepted as |
| 大驚失色 | 大惊失色 | dà jīng shī sè | apprehensive |
| 大失所望 | dà shī suǒ wàng | greatly disappointed | |
| 得不償失 | 得不偿失 | dé bù cháng shī | (saying) the gains do not make up for the losses |
| 丟失 | 丢失 | diū shī | (v) lose |
| 過失 | 过失 | guò shī | defect; fault |
| 混合失語症 | 混合失语症 | hùn hé shī yǔ zhèng | mixed aphasia |
| 流失 | liú shī | be drained away; to run off; to wash away | |
| 迷失 | mí shī | (v) become lost; not know one's location | |
| 皮層下失語症 | 皮层下失语症 | pí céng xià shī yǔ zhèng | subcortical aphasia |
| 認知失調 | 认知失调 | rèn zhī shī tiáo | cognitive dissonance |
| 喪失 | 丧失 | sàng shī | lose; forfeit |
| 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 | |
| 使失望 | shǐ shī wàng | disappoint | |
| 市場失靈 | 市场失灵 | shì chǎng shī líng | market failure |
| 收復失地運動 | 收复失地运动 | shōu fù shī dì Yùn dòng | reconquista |
| 損失 | 损失 | sǔn shī | a (financial, etc.) loss; to lose |
| 萬無一失 | 万无一失 | wàn wú yī shī | surefire; absolutely safe |
| 消失 | xiāo shī | disappear; fade away | |
| 心律失常 | xīn lǜ shī cháng | cardiac arrhythmia | |
| 遺失 | 遗失 | yí shī | (v) lose due to carelessness |
| 語音失語症 | 语音失语症 | yǔ yīn shī yǔ zhèng | phonetic aphasia |
| 元音失讀 | 元音失读 | yuán yīn shī dú | vowel devoicing |
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