死
sǐ HSK3

die

死 sǐ
to die verb
to die; to pass away; to perish

你不会死的，听到吗？

nǐ bù​huì sǐ de, tīng dào ma?

You are not going to die, OK?

我父亲是怎么死的？

wǒ fù​qīn shì zěn​me sǐ de?

How did my father die?

dead adjectivenoun
(bound form) deceased; lifeless; deprived of life

她现在也明白了生与死。

tā xiàn​zài yě míng​bai le shēng yǔ sǐ.

She also now understands life and death.

extremely particle
Used as a suffix or adverb to indicate an extreme degree, meaning "extremely", "to the death", or "to the point of dying".

我觉得他搞笑死了。

wǒ jué​de tā gǎo xiào sǐ le.

I think he's hilarious.

我们快饿死了。

wǒ​men kuài è sǐ le.

We're starving to death.

impassable nounparticle
impassable; blocked up; stagnant; closed
fixed adjectiveverb
fixed; rigid; (of a knot) tight; (of a mechanical part) not movable
to die for verb
to die for a cause; to sacrifice one's life for someone or something

你知道，我愿为你而死。

nǐ zhī​dao, wǒ yuàn wèi nǐ ér sǐ.

You know I would die for you.

desperately adverb
at all costs; with all one's might; to the death; desperately
[abusive/affectionate]
Used in terms of abuse or endearment, like "damned" or "that old devil".
surname
a Chinese surname
stubborn
stubborn; inflexible; obstinate; (of a person or method) set in one's ways
dead to the world
unconscious; in a dead faint; (of sleep) very heavy or sound
to give up
to give up; to abandon hope; to stop
deadly
implacable; deadly; sworn; mortal (enemies)

Cross-References

Antonym

Frequency
Character
Written text
317th most common 703.8 per million
Movie subtitles
114th most common 1521.2 per million appears in 97% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1313.3 per million appears in 92% of films
Written text
402.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+6B7B

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)