Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
消失
xiāoshī
Description
当一个东西不见了，我们说它消失了。
When something is gone, we say it has 消失.
这个词常常用来说东西或人突然没有了。
This word is often used to say that something or someone suddenly disappeared.
Meanings
消失xiāoshī
to disappear; to vanish
那只猫突然消失了。
The cat suddenly disappeared.
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Notes
- Etymology
消 (to dissolve/melt away) + 失 (to lose), together meaning to fade out of existence.
- Nuance
often describes something vanishing completely, unlike 不见 which can mean simply not seeing it.
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