消xiāo失shī to disappear; to fade away Example sentences 环境被破坏以后,很多动物都消失了。 huánjìng bèi pòhuài yǐhòu, hěn duō dòngwù dōu xiāoshī le. After the environment was destroyed, many animals disappeared 这个语言因为越来越少人使用而逐渐消失了。 zhège yǔyán yīnwèi yuèláiyuè shǎo rén shǐyòng ér zhújiàn xiāoshī le. This language is gradually disappearing because fewer and fewer people use it