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死 sǐ

to die

Strokes
6
Level
HSK 4
Radical
歹
Type
Ideograph
Made of 歹匕 ⿸歹匕

Memory hint: A person kneeling 匕 before a corpse 歹

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  1. 那只小鸟死了。
    Nà zhī xiǎoniǎo sǐ le.
    That little bird died.
    that (measure) small-bird die (particle)
  2. 事故造成了多少人死亡？
    Shìgù zàochéngle duōshao rén sǐwáng?
    How many people did the accident cause to die?
    accident cause(past) how-many person death
  3. 请小心，别把花养死了。
    Qǐng xiǎoxīn, bié bǎ huā yǎng sǐ le.
    Please be careful, don't let the flower die from neglect.
    please careful, don't (object-marker) flower raise die (particle)
  4. 这棵树还没有死。
    Zhè kē shù hái méiyǒu sǐ.
    This tree hasn't died yet.
    this (measure) tree still not-yet die
  5. 车祸中，司机不幸死亡。
    Chēhuò zhōng, sījī búxìng sǐwáng.
    In the car accident, the driver unfortunately died.
    car-accident inside, driver unfortunately die

Words with 死 (4)