xiāo shī
disparaître; se dissiper; se dissoudre
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他消失了。
tā xiāoshī le.
He disappeared.
我的钥匙消失不见了。
wǒ de yào shi xiāo shī bú jiàn le .
My keys have disappeared.
这个词已经消失了。
zhège cí yǐjīng xiāoshī le.
This word has disappeared.
出现 (chūxiàn)
appear
显现 (xiǎnxiàn)
manifest
The Chinese character 消失 (xiāoshī) is composed of two characters: 消 (xiāo) and 失 (shī). The character 消 originally meant "to melt" or "to dissolve", and it is often used in the context of something disappearing or vanishing. The character 失 originally meant "to lose" or "to miss", and it is often used in the context of something being absent or not present. When these two characters are combined, they create the word 消失, which means "to disappear" or "to vanish". This word can be used in a variety of contexts, such as describing the disappearance of a person, an object, or a phenomenon. For example, the sentence "人消失了" (rén xiāoshīle) means "the person disappeared".
