消失

• 拼音: xiāo shī
• 汉字拆解: 消 = 氵 (water) + 肖 (resemble, phonetic); 失 = a hand letting something slip away

含义

To disappear; to vanish. Describes something ceasing to exist or be visible.

Used for both physical disappearance (a person vanishing from sight) and abstract disappearance (feelings fading, traditions dying out). Slightly more literary than 不见了 but common in everyday speech. Can be used with 慢慢 (gradually) or 突然 (suddenly) to describe the manner of disappearance.

例句

1. 太阳落山后，光线慢慢消失了。
2. 他走进人群中，很快就消失了。
3. 这种传统手艺正在慢慢消失。

用法指南

语境: everyday, narrative, description

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 我的头疼消失了。(My headache has disappeared.)
• 那只猫突然消失了。(That cat suddenly disappeared.)

错误说法

• 我的钱包消失了。(For lost personal items, 丢了 or 不见了 is more natural. 消失 implies vanishing, not misplacing.)

起源与历史

消 means 'to melt' or 'to eliminate' and 失 means 'to lose'. Together they describe something that is eliminated or lost from existence.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal