死

sǐ · si

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to die
  2. impassable
  3. uncrossable
  4. inflexible
  5. rigid
  6. extremely
  7. damned

In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)个(ge)诗(shī)人(rén)兼(jiān)学(xué)者(zhě)死(sǐ)了(le)。

The poet and scholar is dead.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by shekitten · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

那(nà)棵(kē)老(lǎo)树(shù)去(qù)年(nián)就(jiù)死(sǐ)了(le),今(jīn)年(nián)得(děi)砍(kǎn)掉(diào)。

That old tree died last year; it has to be cut down this year.

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