死 sǐ

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Traditional form

死 sǐ

Contains the radical

歹 dǎi

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A person kneeling 匕 bǐ before a corpse 歹 dǎi

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿸歹匕

Explanation

Depicts the carcass (歹 dǎi ) of a person (人 rén ).

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史密斯 Shǐ mì sī 先生 Xiānsheng 死 sǐ 后 Hòu , 他 tā 的 de 妻 qī 儿 ér 变 biàn 得 dé 一贫如洗 yī pín rú xǐ .

When Mr. Smith died, his wife and childern were left destitute.

他 tā 哪 nǎ 一 yī 天 tiān 都 dōu 有 yǒu 可能 kěnéng 突然 tūrán 死去 sǐ qù .

He could pop off any day now.

把 bǎ 那 Nā 该死 gāi sǐ 的 de 窗户 chuānghu 关 Guān 起来 qǐlai .

Close that confounded window.

马 Mǎ 在 zài 火灾 huǒ zāi 中 Zhōng 被 bèi 烧 shāo 死 sǐ ,因为 yīnwèi 它们 tā men 被 bèi 关 Guān 在马棚里 lǐ .

The horses died in the fire because they were barred in the hut.

老 lǎo 国王 guówáng 死 sǐ 后 Hòu , 他 tā 儿子 érzi 统治 tǒngzhì 这个 zhè ge 王国 wáng guó .

After the old king died, his son ruled over the kingdom.

Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 死 sǐ in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
死 sǐ	to die	死 sǐ
死亡 sǐwáng	to die	死亡 sǐwáng
该死 gāi sǐ	Damn it!	該死
杀死 shā sǐ	to kill	殺死
死者 sǐ zhě	the dead	死者 sǐ zhě
死刑 sǐ xíng	death penalty	死刑 sǐ xíng
死去 sǐ qù	to die	死去 sǐ qù
生死 shēng sǐ	life or death	生死 shēng sǐ
死人 sǐ rén	dead person	死人 sǐ rén
打死 dǎ sǐ	to kill	打死 dǎ sǐ
坏死 huài sǐ	necrosis	壞死
死因 sǐ yīn	cause of death	死因 sǐ yīn
死亡率 sǐ wáng lǜ	mortality rate	死亡率 sǐ wáng lǜ
气死 qì sǐ	to infuriate	氣死
死神 sǐ shén	(fig.) death	死神 sǐ shén
致死 zhì sǐ	deadly	致死 zhì sǐ
冻死 dòng sǐ	to freeze to death	凍死
处死 chǔ sǐ	an execution	處死
淹死 yān sǐ	to drown	淹死 yān sǐ
死活 sǐ huó	fate	死活 sǐ huó
害死 hài sǐ	to kill	害死 hài sǐ
临死 lín sǐ	facing death	臨死
半死 bàn sǐ	(tired) to death	半死 bàn sǐ
死死 sǐ sǐ	rigid	死死 sǐ sǐ
死角 sǐ jiǎo	gap in coverage	死角 sǐ jiǎo