Meaning
to die; inpassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
Chinese: 死亡、固定不变或程度极深。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “si” becomes a different word in each tone. 死 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 死亡sǐ wángto die; death
- 生死shēng sǐlife or death
- 死心sǐ xīnto give up; to admit failure; to drop the matter; to reconcile oneself to loss
- 死心塌地sǐ xīn tā dìto be hell-bent on; dead set on sth; unswerving
- 死人sǐ réndead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen
Example Sentence
花园里的花都枯死了。Huā yuán lǐ de huā dōu kū sǐ le.The flowers in the garden have all withered.
花Huāflower园yuánland used for growing plan里lǐinside的deof花都huā dōualternative name for Paris枯kū(of plants) withered死sǐto die了le(completed action)。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
歹 (bare, broken bones) beside 匕 (a person bowed down): a person reduced to bones. It means ‘to die / death’.
A way to remember it
A person bowed beside bare bones — death.
Easy to confuse with
- 活‘To live’: the opposite — water (氵) and a tongue (舌), full of life.