失
传

(of skills etc) to die out in Chinese: 失传 (shī chuán)

shī chuán

(of skills etc) to die out

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 失傳1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1(of skills etc) to die out
  2. 2lost
  3. 3extinct

Stroke order

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失
传

Zhuyin

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ㄕ

shī

ㄕ/ sh—/ first tone

ㄔㄨㄢˊ

chuán

ㄔ/ chㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

失传

Simplified

失傳

Traditional

Example sentences

See 失传 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这门手艺已经失传了。

    zhè mén shǒu yì yǐ jīng shī chuán le。

    This craft has already been lost.

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Related words

传

chuán

to pass on

传真

chuán zhēn

fax

失败

shī bài

to be defeated

失望

shī wàng

disappointed

传播

chuán bō

to disseminate

传递

chuán dì

to transmit

传染

chuán rǎn

to infect

传说

chuán shuō

legend

传统

chuán tǒng

tradition

流传

liú chuán

to spread

失眠

shī mián

to suffer from insomnia

失去

shī qù

to lose

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