失敗

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shībài

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄅㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ baai⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳt-phai
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): sit-pāi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sig⁴ bai⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shībài
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄅㄞˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shybay
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihbài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat¹ baai⁶
    • Yale: sāt baaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ baai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ bai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ päːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳt-phai
    • Hakka Romanization System: siid` pai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁵ pai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚² pʰai̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-pāi
    • Tâi-lô: sit-pāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sitpai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ paɪ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕit̚⁵⁻²⁴ paɪ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁵ paɪ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ paɪ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ paɪ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sig⁴ bai⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sik pāi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sik̚²⁻⁴ pai¹¹/

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. [Pinyin]

   Their plan is doomed to fail.

Synonyms

• (to be defeated):

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• 打敗／打败 (dǎbài)

• 落敗／落败 (luòbài)

• (to fail):

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• 未成功 (wèi chénggōng)
• 破產／破产 (pòchǎn)

• 跌倒 (diēdǎo)

Antonyms

• (to be defeated): 勝利／胜利 (shènglì)
• (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. [Pinyin]

   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. [Pinyin]

   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

• 失敗國家／失败国家 (shībài guójiā)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (失敗):

• → Japanese: 失敗(しっぱい) (shippai)
• → Korean: 실패 (失敗, silpae)
• → Vietnamese: thất bại (失敗)

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しっぱい [shìppáí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ɕi̥p̚pa̠i]

Noun

失敗(しっぱい) • (shippai) 

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

Synonyms

• (mistake): 錯誤(さくご) (sakugo)

Antonyms

• (failure): 成功(せいこう) (seikō)

Verb

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

1. fail
2. make a mistake

Conjugation

Conjugation of "失敗する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	失敗し	しっぱいし	shippai shi
Continuative (連用形)	失敗し	しっぱいし	shippai shi
Terminal (終止形)	失敗する	しっぱいする	shippai suru
Attributive (連体形)	失敗する	しっぱいする	shippai suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	失敗すれ	しっぱいすれ	shippai sure
Imperative (命令形)	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

• しくじる (shikujiru)

References

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

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Korean

Hanja in this term
失	敗

Noun

失敗 • (silpae) (hangeul 실패)

1. Hanja form^? of 실패 (“failure”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
失	敗

Verb

失敗

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