失控 meaning in English

shīkòng

to go out of control

HSK 7-9verb16 strokes

Meaning of 失控

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shīkòng
  1. to go out of control

失控 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

情qíng况kuàng要yào失shī控kòng了le。
We're losing control of the situation.
事shì情qíng要yào失shī控kòng了le。
Things are getting out of control.
他tā会huì酒jiǔ后hòu失shī控kòng。
He is out of control when drunk.
这zhè个ge机jī器qì人rén失shī控kòng了le。
The robot went out of control.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

失 shī · to lose · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

控 kòng · to accuse · 11 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
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  5. 5
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  9. 9
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  11. 11

Related words

Words that share a character with 失控.

失去shīqùto lose
消失xiāoshīto disappear; to fade away
失败shībàito be defeated; to lose
失望shīwàngdisappointed; to lose hope
失业shīyèunemployment; to lose one's job
控制kòngzhìto control
损失sǔnshīloss; damage
失误shīwùlapse; mistake
丧失sàngshīto lose; to forfeit
失踪shīzōngto be missing; to disappear
监控jiānkòngto monitor
迷失míshīto get lost; to lose one's bearings

Questions about 失控

What does 失控 mean?

失控 (shīkòng) means "to go out of control" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 失控?

失控 is made of 2 characters: 失 (5 strokes), 控 (11 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 失控 an HSK word?

Yes. 失控 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.