Chinese character for “lose”

The next word makes 丢 mean lose, discard, or embarrass. 丢了钱包 means a wallet is missing; 丢垃圾 means throw out trash; 丢脸 and 丢人 express embarrassment.

丢 is the simplified form of 丟, built from 一 over 去. 方言, a Han-era dictionary of regional speech, is cited for “gone and not returned,” but its received text lacks 丟. The form dates to around the Song period, so its attribution to Han writer Yang Xiong is doubtful. Later literary uses include loss, discarding, setting aside, and passing things along.