Meaning of 失明
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
shīmíng
- to lose one's eyesight
- to become blind
- blindness
失明 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
他失明了。
He lost his eyesight.
这场交通意外让他失明了。
The traffic accident deprived him of his sight.
有什么比失明更不幸的呢？
What greater misfortune is there than to go blind?
他在这次事故中失明了。
He went blind in the accident.
他在意外中失明了。
He lost his eyesight in the accident.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
失 shī · to lose · 5 strokes
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明 míng · bright · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 失明.
| 明白 | míngbai | clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable |
| 明天 | míngtiān | tomorrow |
| 明年 | míngnián | next year |
| 说明 | shuōmíng | to explain; to illustrate |
| 明星 | míngxīng | star; celebrity |
| 失去 | shīqù | to lose |
| 证明 | zhèngmíng | proof; certificate |
| 消失 | xiāoshī | to disappear; to fade away |
| 明显 | míngxiǎn | clear; distinct |
| 发明 | fāmíng | to invent; an invention |
| 表明 | biǎomíng | to make clear; to make known |
| 文明 | wénmíng | civilized; civilization |
Questions about 失明
What does 失明 mean?
失明 (shīmíng) means "to lose one's eyesight; to become blind".
How do you write 失明?
失明 is made of 2 characters: 失 (5 strokes), 明 (8 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.
Is 失明 an HSK word?
Yes. 失明 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.