失敗

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See also: 失败

Chinese

to lose; to miss; to fail be defeated; to defeat; loss
trad. (失敗) 失 敗
simp. (失败) 失 败

Pronunciation

Verb

失敗

  1. (intransitive) to be defeated
  2. (intransitive) to fail; to come to nothing; to fall through
    他們的計劃註定要失敗。 [MSC, trad.]
    他们的计划注定要失败。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tāmen de jìhuà zhùdìng yào shībài.
    Their plan is doomed to fail.

Synonyms

  • (to be defeated):
  • (to fail):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “to be defeated”): 勝利／胜利 (shènglì)
  • (antonym(s) of “to fail”): 成功 (chénggōng)

Noun

失敗

  1. failure; defeat
    以失敗告終／以失败告终  ―  yǐ shībài gàozhōng  ―  to end in failure
    最初政府不願承認失敗。 [MSC, trad.]
    最初政府不愿承认失败。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zuìchū zhèngfǔ bùyuàn chéngrèn shībài.
    Initially the government was unwilling to acknowledge the defeat.

Adjective

失敗

  1. failed; unsuccessful
    她是最偉大的女性，最失敗的妻子。 [MSC, trad.]
    她是最伟大的女性，最失败的妻子。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā shì zuì wěidà de nǚxìng, zuì shībài de qīzi.
    She is the greatest woman but the worst wife.
    我真失敗。／我真失败。  ―  Wǒ zhēn shībài.  ―  I am such a failure.
  2. (attributive) failed (of a state)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (失敗):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
失 敗
しつ > しっ
Grade: 4 		はい > ぱい
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

失(しっ)敗(ぱい) • (shippai) 

  1. failure, miscarriage
  2. mistake, fault, error

Synonyms

Antonyms

Verb

失(しっ)敗(ぱい)する • (shippai suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 失(しっ)敗(ぱい)し (shippai shi), past 失(しっ)敗(ぱい)した (shippai shita))

  1. fail
  2. make a mistake

Conjugation

Conjugation of "失敗する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 失敗し しっぱいし shippai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 失敗し しっぱいし shippai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 失敗する しっぱいする shippai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 失敗する しっぱいする shippai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 失敗すれ しっぱいすれ shippai sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 失敗せよ¹
失敗しろ² 		しっぱいせよ¹
しっぱいしろ² 		shippai seyo¹
shippai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 失敗される しっぱいされる shippai sareru
Causative 失敗させる
失敗さす 		しっぱいさせる
しっぱいさす 		shippai saseru
shippai sasu
Potential 失敗できる しっぱいできる shippai dekiru
Volitional 失敗しよう しっぱいしよう shippai shiyō
Negative 失敗しない しっぱいしない shippai shinai
Negative continuative 失敗せず しっぱいせず shippai sezu
Formal 失敗します しっぱいします shippai shimasu
Perfective 失敗した しっぱいした shippai shita
Conjunctive 失敗して しっぱいして shippai shite
Hypothetical conditional 失敗すれば しっぱいすれば shippai sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
失敗

Noun

失敗 • (silpae) (hangeul 실패)

  1. Hanja form? of 실패 (“failure”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
失敗

Verb

失敗

  1. chữ Hán form of thất bại (“to fail”).
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