失望 shīwàng▶ Decepción

Stroke order

失望 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 失 — 5 strokes
• 望 — 11 strokes

Senses

1. disappointed
2. to lose hope
3. to despair

Example sentences

• 这个结果让我很失望。Zhège jiéguǒ ràng wǒ hěn shīwàng.This result was a great disappointment to me.
• 别让父母失望。Bié ràng fùmǔ shīwàng.Do not disappoint your parents.

Related words

• 失败fallar
• 失业Desempleo
• 失去Perder
• 失眠insomnio
• 愿望deseo, anhelo
• 损失pérdida

失望 is pronounced shīwàng and means “Decepción”. It is part of the HSK 4 word list, a level of China’s Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi proficiency exam. Knowing what 失望 means when you see it is a weaker kind of knowing than being able to summon it; only the second survives a real conversation. LexiTrail spaces your reviews so each one lands when it will do the most work.