Loss in Chinese
loss · HSK 5
损失
- 损 to damage
- 失 to lose
Counted with 笔: 一笔损失
这场大火造成了巨大的损失。 The fire caused huge losses.
Other ways to say loss
More words with 损 or 失
How do you say loss in Chinese?
Loss in Chinese is 损失 (sǔn shī). You can also say 亏损 (kuī sǔn).
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?
Our own 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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