失联

失聯

shīlián

verb

Meanings

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

Characters

contact / connection

Examples

那架飞机失联已经三天了。

Nà jià fēijī shīlián yǐjīng sān tiān le.

That plane has been out of contact for three days now.

我们失联多年，最近才在微信上重逢。

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

失 shī

联 lián