过失 guòshī▶ culpa, defecto

Stroke order

过失 is written in 11 strokes across 2 characters.

• 过 — 6 strokes
• 失 — 5 strokes

Senses

1. error
2. fault
3. (law) negligence
4. delinquency

Related words

• 丧失perder
• 失事choque
• 失误Un error
• 失踪desaparecer
• 过于demasiado; excesivamente
• 过奖halagas

过失 is pronounced guòshī and means “culpa, defecto”. It is part of the HSK 6 word list, a level of China’s Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi proficiency exam. Knowing what 过失 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.