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失败 appears often in everyday Chinese, so it is worth practicing early and reviewing often.
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Pronunciation focus
Say shī bài slowly first, then repeat it in a short phrase. Listen for the tone shape.
Usage note
失败表示没有成功。
shī bài biǎo shì méi yǒu chéng gōng。
Fail means not succeed.
Context note
失败常和努力、比赛、考试一起用。
shī bài cháng hé nǔ lì 、 bǐ sài 、 kǎo shì yì qǐ yòng。
Fail is often used with effort, matches, and exams.
5 examples
这次他失败了。
zhè cì tā shī bài le。
He failed this time.
不要怕失败。
bú yào pà shī bài。
Do not be afraid of failure.
失败后要继续努力。
shī bài hòu yào jì xù nǔ lì。
After failure, keep working hard.
这次比赛没有失败。
zhè cì bǐ sài méi yǒu shī bài。
The match did not fail.
失败也是学习的一部分。
shī bài yě shì xué xí de yí bù fen。
Failure is also part of learning.
5 mini stories
他第一次考试失败了。
tā dì yī cì kǎo shì shī bài le。
He failed the first exam.
妈妈说失败没关系，重要的是继续。
mā ma shuō shī bài méi guān xì， zhòng yào de shì jì xù。
Mom said failure is okay; what matters is to keep going.
这个计划失败了，我们重新想办法。
zhè ge jì huà shī bài le， wǒ men chóng xīn xiǎng bàn fǎ。
This plan failed, so we thought of another way.
他从失败里学到了很多。
tā cóng shī bài lǐ xué dào le hěn duō。
He learned a lot from failure.
没有人总是成功，也会失败。
méi yǒu rén zǒng shì chéng gōng， yě huì shī bài。
No one always succeeds; failure happens too.