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Disappointed in Chinese

disappointed · HSK 4

失望 shī wàng

  1. 失 shī to lose
  2. 望 wàng to look

听到这个消息,她很失望。 She was very disappointed to hear the news.

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How do you say disappointed in Chinese?

Disappointed in Chinese is 失望 (shī wàng). You can also say 凉 (liáng).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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