失联

失聯
shīlián
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to lose contact
  2. 2 to go missing (in communication)
  3. 3 to be unreachable

Examples

Nà jià fēijī shīlián yǐjīng sān tiān le.
That plane has been out of contact for three days now.
Wǒmen shīlián duō nián, zuìjìn cái zài Wēixìn shàng chóngféng.
We were out of touch for years and only recently reconnected on WeChat.

Tips

register
失联 = abbreviation of 失去联系 ('lose contact'). News-Chinese register — became ubiquitous after the 2014 MH370 disappearance, when 失联 was the official term for the missing flight.

Stroke Order

shī
lián