# 失明 (shīmíng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 失明 (shīmíng) means “to lose one's sight; to go blind; blindness”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to lose one's sight; to go blind; blindness
- Pinyin: shīmíng (shi1 ming2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 那场病导致他的左眼失明。
  Nà chǎng bìng dǎozhì tā de zuǒyǎn shīmíng.
  That illness caused his left eye to go blind.

## Characters

- 失 (shī): to lose; to miss
- 明 (míng): bright; opposite: dark 暗

https://hanziro.com/word/shi-ming-lose-ones-sight/

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