失重

shīzhòng

noun #28,186

Meanings

1 weightlessness
2 zero gravity
3 loss of gravitational pull

Characters

to lose; to miss

Examples

宇航员在太空中会经历失重状态。

Yǔhángyuán zài tàikōng zhōng huì jīnglì shīzhòng zhuàngtài.

Astronauts experience weightlessness in space.

在失重环境中，水会漂浮成小水球。

Zài shīzhòng huánjìng zhōng, shuǐ huì piāofú chéng xiǎo shuǐqiú.

In a zero-gravity environment, water floats and forms tiny spheres.

Tips

memory

失 means 'to lose' and 重 means 'weight/heavy' — weightlessness is literally 'losing weight.' Not the diet kind — the gravitational kind.

Stroke Order

失 shī

重 zhòng