喪

sàng

to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc)

How to write 喪, stroke by stroke

sàng: to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc); to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc); to die; disappointed; discouraged
sāng: mourning; funeral

Pictographic: To cry 哭 over the dead 亡

Made of 土 + 口 + 亡

沮喪jǔ sàngdispirited; dejected; dismayed
喪失sàng shīto lose; to forfeit
喪命sàng mìngto lose one's life
喪生sàng shēngto die; to lose one's life
喪屍sāng shīzombie
喪禮sāng lǐfuneral
喪氣sàng qìto feel disheartened
喪氣sàng qiunlucky
喪事sāng shìfuneral arrangements
垂頭喪氣chuí tóu sàng qìhanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected; crestfallen
喪心病狂sàng xīn bìng kuáng(idiom) deranged; demented; berserk
哭喪kū sāngto wail at a funeral; formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the departed

我哥哥在一次交通意外中喪生了。
wǒ gē ge zài yí cì jiāo tōng yì wài zhōng sāng shēng le 。
My brother was killed in a traffic accident.
我為小事情覺得沮喪。
wǒ wéi xiǎo shì qíng jué dé jǔ sāng 。
I get depressed by the slightest things.
喪失健康比喪失金錢更糟糕。
sāng shī jiàn kāng bǐ sāng shī jīn qián gèng zāo gāo 。
Losing your health is worse than losing your money.