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死 sǐ

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死 sǐ Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sǐ | si3
English translation
to die
impassable
uncrossable
inflexible
rigid
extremely
dead; death; impassable, inflexible

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About 死 sǐ

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HSK level

4

Number of strokes

6

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

Etymology of 死 sǐ

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿸歹匕

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using 死 sǐ

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克鲁德 Dé : 什么 shénme ? 我们 wǒmen 会 huì 渴 kě 死 sǐ 的 de . 哎 āi 呦 yōu !

C: What? We are gonna die of thirst. Oh no!

他们 tā men 窜 cuàn 过 Guò 边界 biānjiè 上 shǎng 的 de 村镇 cūn zhèn , 剥人头皮 tóu pí ,把 bǎ 一家 yī jiā 一家人 yī jiā rén 杀死 shā sǐ .

Slipping past the frontier towns, they were scalping and killing whole families.

他 tā 在 zài 海边 hǎi biān 发现 fāxiàn 一些 yī xiē 死 sǐ 鱼 Yú .

He found some dead fish beside the sea.

把 bǎ 我 wǒ 饿 è 到头 dào tóu ,让 ràng 我 wǒ 死 sǐ 吧 bā .

Finish it off and let me die.

船 chuán 翻 fān 时 shí 有 yǒu 多少 duōshǎo 人 rén 淹死 yān sǐ 了 le ?

How many men drowned when the boat capsized?

Words with 死 sǐ

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
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

死 sǐ Decomposition & Compounds

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死 sǐ Decomposition

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死 sǐ Compounds

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