失败

Traditional form:

失敗

Pinyin (reading):

shībài

Definitions:

• to be defeated
• to lose
• to fail (e.g. experiments)
• failure
• defeat
• CL:次 (cì)

Characters:

• 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
• 败 - failure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat

Traditional characters:

• 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
• 敗 - failure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat