# 消失 (xiāoshī)

In Mandarin Chinese, 消失 (xiāoshī) means “to disappear”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to disappear
- Pinyin: xiāoshī (xiao1 shi1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 天上的鸟很快就消失了。
  Tiānshàng de niǎo hěn kuài jiù xiāoshī le.
  The birds in the sky quickly disappeared.

## Characters

- [消](https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-subside/) (xiāo): to subside; to eliminate
- 失 (shī): to lose; to miss

https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-shi-disappear/

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