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失事

失事

Chinese

		to lose; to miss; to fail	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (失事)		失	事

Verb

失事

to have an accident (especially on a ship or plane); to be involved in a crash

失事船殘骸 / 失事船残骸 ― shīshì chuán cánhái ― ship wreck

失事飛機殘骸 / 失事飞机残骸 ― shīshì fēijī cánhái ― airplane wreckage
(literary) to bungle; to mismanage

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shīshì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ si⁶
Min Nan (POJ): sit-sīr / sit-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: shīshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    失事
    失勢／失势
    失恃
    師事／师事
    施事
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sat¹ si⁶
  - Yale: sāt sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ si⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ siː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-sīr
  - Tâi-lô: sit-sīr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕit̚⁵⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-sū
  - Tâi-lô: sit-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sitsu
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ su³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ su³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ su²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁵ su²²/